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Being- the Questions for the Preliminary Examinations 
for Admission to the 

UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, 

PREPARED BY THE 

REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY, 

And participated in simultaneously by nearly Two 

Hundred and Fifty Academies, forming a basis 

for distributing nearly a Million Dollars. 



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Assistant Secretary, Regents of the University. 

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INTRODUCTION. 



The University of the State of New 
York. 

This University, which is one mainly of super- 
vision and visitation and not of instruction, seems 
to have been modeled after those of Oxford and 
Cambridge, in England, with this difference, that 
the institutions composing it are located, for public 
convenience, in various parts of the State, instead of 
being grouped within a single city. It was estab- 
lished by an act of the Legislature passed in 1784, 
(just after the close of the Revolutionary War), and 
was apparently intended to be the chief if not the only 
educational institution of the State. Up to this 
time, there had been no incorporated College or 
Academy in the State, except the " College of the 
Province of New York," called King's, now Colum- 
bia College. The Act of 1784 was designed to ac- 
complish a twofold purpose, namely: to revive 
King's College, and to provide for some general sys- 
tem of public education. 

It created a Board of Regents, who were to be, in 



IV THE EEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

fact, Trustees or rather the corporation of the Col- 
lege, with ample powers of visitation and super- 
vision over all the means of education which might 
be established in the State. The Board consisted of 
four elements: — (1.) The Governor of the State and 
other officials by virtue of their office. (2.) Twenty- 
four other persons named in the act. (3.) One per- 
son to be chosen by the clergy of each of " the re- 
spective religious denominations of the State." (4.) 
The Fellows, Professors and Tutors of the College 
then existing (Kings), and of any other colleges that 
might be erected. The last, however, were mem- 
bers of the Board with limited rights and privileges. 
It also changed the name of King's College to 
Columbia College. The Board thus created proved 
to be a cumbrous body, and early in 1787 the Regents 
appointed a committee to consider the defects of the 
organization and to devise plans for advancing edu- 
cation. This committee presented an elaborate re- 
port, in which several important measures were 
recommended. Among these were a system of 
Academies, inferior in grade to the Colleges, and of 
Public Schools, which should provide general edu- 
cation in the English branches. These, the Public 
Schools, the Academies and Colleges, were to be 
parts of one common system. 

Alexander Hamilton was on the committee of the 
Regents for drafting this report, and is understood 
to have drawn the bill which, with slight modifica- 
tions, became a law, April 13, 1787, under the title 
of " An Act to institute an University within this. 
State, and for other purposes therein mentioned.' 1 



HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY. 



This act reduced the number of Regents to twen- 
ty-one, including the Governor and Lieutenant Gov- 
ernor, to whom have since been added, the Secretary 
of State and the Superintendent of Public Instruc- 
tion. 

It provided that Columbia College and such other 
Colleges as the Regents might incorporate, should 
have a local corporation, that each should hold and 
care for its own property, regulate its affairs gen- 
erally and confer degrees at pleasure. The Regents 
were authorized to confer degrees above that of 
Master of Arts. 

It also provided that any Academy, when the state 
of Literature in it should be so far advanced and the 
funds admit thereof, shall be authorized by the Re- 
gents to electa President, and that the Academy shall 
thereby become a College, subject to the like rules, 
regulations, control and visitation of the Regents as 
other Colleges. 

The original functions and duties of the Board 
have been continued essentially the same in all the 
revisions of the Law to this time. 

The officers of the Board are the Chancellor, Vice 
Chancellor, Secretary and Assistant Secretary. 

The system of common schools recommended by 
the Regents in 1787, can hardly be said to have been 
established, although several acts were passed from 
time to time tending in that direction. But on the 
19th of June, 1812, an act was passed " establishing 
common schools and creating the office of ' Super- 
intendent of Common Schools.'" , It placed these 
schools under his jurisdiction and thus created in 



VI THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

fact a distinct educational system, which is now 
supported by taxes and made virtually free, while 
the Colleges and Academies have constituted a sys- 
tem dependent mainly on private bounty and the 
tuition fees of the pupils — although the State has 
often exercised its bounty towards them by large 
contributions to their endowments and appliances 
for the purposes of instruction, and by the cre- 
ation of a "Literature Fund," the annual income 
of which is appropriated towards the salaries of 
teachers in the Academies. The State has also for 
many years provided for the instruction of classes 
of common school teachers in the Academies during 
one third of the academic year. The annual appro- 
priations for these several purposes, are: 

From the Literature and the U. S. Deposit 
Funds.for the payment of Teachers' salaries $40,000 

From the Literature Fund, for the purchase 

of Books and Apparatus 3,000 

From the U. S. Deposit Fund, for the in- 
struction of Common School Teachers.. 18,000 



Total annual appropriation $61,000 



In 1872 and 1873, the Legislature made a further 
appropriation of $125,000 each year, by general tax- 
ation, which annual sum the Legislature of 1874 
failed to continue; but daring the recent session 
(1876) a bill to increase the appropriation for the 
instruction ot common school teachers from $18,000 
■to $40,000 passed both houses of the Legislature near 
the close of the session. This bill, however, failed 



HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSITY. VII 

to receive the signature of the Governor within the 
period prescribed by the Constitution, and thus 
became void. The grand aggregate of these appro- 
priations for the last fifty years is about two and a 
half million dollars. 

The incorporation of Colleges and Academies 
was originally left to the Board of Regents exclusive- 
ly. In the exercise of this authority, the Board 
incorporated Union College in 1795, Hamilton Col- 
lege in 1812, Geneva, now Hobart College in 1824, 
and several others since that time. It has also in- 
corporated more than two hundred Academies. In 
1833, the Regents, in obedience to an Act of the 
Legislature directing them to prescribe conditions 
for the incorporation of Colleges and Academies,, 
included among other requirements an endowment 
fund actually paid in or satisfactorily provided for, 
of at least one hundred thousand dollars. Since 
that time, most of those who have sought incorpora- 
tion as Colleges have applied directly to the Legis- 
lature, and many Colleges have been incorporated by- 
that body. 

The University includes under the visitation of 
the Regents, twenty-three literary colleges, fifteen 
medical colleges, and about two hundred and forty- 
academies and academical departments of union 
schools. 

Besides the oversight of these Colleges and Acad- 
emies, the Regents have the care and custody of the 
State Library, which is rapidly increasing and now 
numbers over ninety-eight thousand volumes, and of 
the State Museum of Natural History, in which are 



Vili THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

large collections illustrating the mineralogy, the soils, 
the paleontology, the botany and the zoology of the 
State. Each of the Colleges and Academies in the 
State is required by law to make a report annually 
to the Regents, showing its financial condition and 
educational work. These reports are classified and 
tabulated by the Regents in their Annual Report to 
the Legislature, and the amount of information thus 
given to the public as to their condition in all de- 
partments is the most important of its kind, it is 
believed, in our country. The Regents make an 
Annual Report of the condition of the State Library 
and the State Museum of Natural History, often in- 
cluding in the latter papers of great value, exhibiting 
the progress of science and the useful arts. 

In the exercise of this oversight of higher educa- 
tion, the Regents frequently visit the Colleges and 
Academies of the State, and this exerts a powerful 
influence in elevating the tone of instruction and in 
securing the care and preservation of the public 
property. 

In order to raise the standard of education and to 
secure greater ability on the part of teachers, the 
Regents have instituted a system of Examinations 
by means of printed questions to be answered by 
the pupils. On the satisfactory answers to these 
questions, each pupil receives a certificate which, 
besides being a mark of honor, entitles the holder 
to certain other educational facilities. 

In 1863, they called together the Presidents and 
Professors of Colleges, Principals of Academies and 
other prominent educators, as a result of which the 



LIST OF CONVOCATION PAPERS IX 

■" University Convocation" was organized. The 
first anniversary meeting occurred at the Capitol in 
August, 1864, and sessions have been held annually 
since that time. At these meetings, besides taking 
action upon other important matters, papers and 
essays are read in which are discussed subjects re- 
lating to the interests of higher education. A volume 
is annually published giving an account of the Pro- 
ceedings of the Convocation, and including the more 
valuable papers presented. For some years past, 
the Regents have given additional character to these 
exercises by formally conferring one or more honor- 
ary degrees, in the presence of the Convocation, on 
persons eminent for scholarship and services in the 
cause of education. 

We here present a classified list of the papers read 
before the Convocation from its organization to and 
including the meeting in 1875. The numbers pre- 
fixed show the order in which the papers were read. 
The year annexed is that of the Regents' Report in 
which the paper appears, and is the year subsequent 
to that in which the paper was read. 

PHILOSOPHY. 

33. The Study of Philosophy. Louis Jouin, 1868. 

124. The Modern Theory of Forces. Ransom B. 
Welch, 1875. 

91. The Natural Theology of the Doctrine of the 
Forces. Benjamin N. Martin, 1872. 

89. On Speculations in Physical Science. Aaron 
White, 1872. 

120. Of Speculations in Metaphysics. Aaron 
White, 1874. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



112. The Relations of Christian Educators to the 
Modern Phases of Science. Daniel S. Martin, 1874. 

100. Ethical Aspects of Science. Cornelius M. O* 
Leary, 1873. 

122. Influence of John Stuart Mill in Modern Edu- 
cation. Cornelius M O' Leary, 1874. 

(I) Some Points of Scholastic Philosophy in Rela- 
tion to Modern Science. Cornelius M. O'Leary, 
1876. 

139. Sir William Hamilton and other teachers of 
Philosophy. John W. Hears, 1875. 

148. Mental Philosophy in Common Schools. 
Wm. H.Rogers, 1876. 

SYSTEMS OF EDUCATION. 

34. Educational Econom}^. David Murray, 1868. 

(a) The True Idea of Liberal Education. Tayler 
Lewis, 1864 

15. A Liberal Education. Charles J. Hinkel, 1871. 

83. Symmetrical Culture ; James T. Edwards, 
1872. 

1. The Just Place and Proportion of the Several 
Studies commonly comprised in a Subgraduate 
Course of Instruction. Charles Murray Name. 1865. 

70. A Course of Studies Adapted to Human Ne- 
cessities and to Human Purposes. David H. Crut- 
tenden, 1871. 

84. A Classification of General Divisions of Study. 
Hyland C. Kirk, 1872. 

103. Should. Study in College be confined to a 
Uniform Curriculum, or should it be made to any 
extent Elective ? Frederick A. P. Barnard, 1873. 

98. The New Departure in Education. Erastus 
F. Bullard, 1873. 

119. The Anthropological Principles and Methods 
of Education. Joseph R. Buchanan, 1874. 

86. Primary Education. Oran TV. Morris, 1872. 



LIST OF CONVOCATION PAPERS. XI 

149. Practical Education. Samuel G. Love, 1876. 

6. Methods of Teaching, with special reference to 
what is called Mernoriter Instruction. Tayler Lewis, 
1865. 

26. The Relation of the Art of Analysis to the 
Art of Teaching. Frederick 8. Jewell, 1867. 

24. School Discipline. Alonzo Flack, 1867. 

55. School Government. J. Dorman Steele, 1870. 

— . School Incentives. John E. Bradley, 1876. 

PHILOLOGY. 

(b) Lauguage the Chief Educator and Noblest 
Art. Daniel J. Pratt, 1864. 

7. The Science of Language. Ezra Gallup, 1866* 

13. Comparative Philology. Jacob Wilson, 1866. 

2. The Study of Language, Classical or Continen- 
tal, as a Discipline to the Practical Intellect. Wen- 
dell L'Amoreux, 1865. 

CLASSICAL INSTRUCTION. 

39 The Classics in Education. Benjamin N. Mar- 
tin, 1868. 

27. Classical Training. A. F. Monroe, 1867. 

11. Elementary Instruction in the Classics. N. WV 
Benedict, 1866. 

85. Classical Study. There should be More of it in 
our Colleges, or it 3hould be abandoned. Tayler 
Lewis, 1872. 

61 : A Method of Classical Instruction. Patrick F. 
Dealy, 1870. 

73. Our Normal Schools and the Study of the Clas- 
sics in the same. Norman F'. Wright, 1871. 

(d) The Use of the Blackboard in teaching Greek. 
Edward North, 1864 . 

147. Pronunciation of Ancient Greek, shall it be 
according to Accent, or according to Quantity ? Jesse 
A. Spencer, 1876. 



XII THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

80. Pronunciation of Greek and Latin. Nehemiak 
W. Benedict, 1872. 

125. Roman Orthography as opposed to English 
Latin. Frederick S. Jewell, 1876. 

152. Latin Pronunciation Practically Considered. 
Tracy Peck, 1876. 

35. The Study of Latin without reference to pro- 
posed Liberal or Prolessional Education N. W. Ben- 
edict, 1868. 

113. The Study of Latin. Abel G. Hopkins, 1874. 

109. Influence of the Study of Latin upon the 
Study of English in Schools. Charles J. Hinkel, 
1874. 

THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. 

58 The Study of the English Language. Oliver 
Morehouse, 1870. 

15. The Study of English Grammar. C. S. Halsey, 
1866. 

115. Grammar as a Natural Science. Charles T. 
R Smith, 1874. 

129. The Science of English Grammar, William 
Harkins, 1875. 

87. The Proper Construction of an English Gram- 
mar. Amos Brown, 1872. 

5. The System and Method of Logical Analysis, as 
related to the Study of the English Language. Fred- 
erick S. Jewell, 1865. 

10. A Defence of Rhetoric. Anson J. Upson, 
1866. 

143. A Plea for Elocution in the Academy. Kate 
M. Thomas, 1876. 

144. A Method of Teaching Gesture in Elocution. 
Homer B. Sprague, 1876. 

MATHEMATICS. 

31. The Study of Mathematics Gerardus B. Doch- 
arty, 1868. 



LIST OF CONVOCATION PAPERS. XIII 

38. The Nature and Method of Teaching Mathe- 
matics. William D. Wilson, 1868. 

46. The Method of Studying and Teaching Math- 
ematics. Otis H. Robinson, 1869. 

42. The Department of Mixed Mathematics in the 
College of the City of New York. John A. Nich- 
ols, 1869. 

25. The Arithmetical Preparation Necessary to 
Commence the Study of Algebra. James H. Hoose, 
1867. 

130. Positive and Negative Terms in Mathematics. 
William D.Wilson, 1874. 

88. Remarks on Notation. Paul Roulet, 1872. 

111. Differentials and the Method of Finding 
Them. William D. Wilson, 1874. 

108. A Method of Integrating the Square Roots of 
Quadratics. Henry T. Eddy, 1873. 

77. A New Method of Solving Cubics and Trino- 
mial Equations of all Degrees. E. W. Evans, 1871. 

THE METRIC SYSTEM 

14. Abstract of Reports on Decimal Systems ot 
Weights and Measures. Rodney G. Kimball, 1866. 

78. Report on the Metric System. Charles Davies, 
1871. 

90. The Metric System of Weights and Measures. 
Frederick A. P. Barnard, 1872. 

104. The Metric System of Weights and Measures. 
Charles Davies, 1873. 

105. The Metric System of Weights and Measures. 
James B. Thomson, 1873. 

THE NATURAL SCIENCES. 

23. Suggestions in regard to Teaching Advanced 
Classes in Chemistry. Le Roy C. Cooley, 1869. 

43. Why should Elementary Chemistry be re- 
quired for admission to College ? Le Roy C. Cooley, 
1869. 



XIV THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

126. Laboratory Practice. Albert H. Chester, 

1875. 

96. School Apparatus. Solomon Sias, 1873. 

76. The Formation of Cabinets of Minerals for 
Academies, etc., by a proposed System of Exchan- 
ges. Franklin B. Hough, chairman, 1871. 

153. Field Studies and Scientific Excursions. Da- 
rius R. Ford, 1876. 

133. New Scheme of the Functions of the Human 
Body. Thomas S. Lambert, 1875. 

69. Body and Mind ; their Conservative Influence 
on Each Other. Mrs. Clemence S. Lozier, 1871. 

70. The Healthfulness of Intellectual Pursuits. 
John E. Bradley, 1875. 

68. Physiology in Relation to Psychology. Cor- 
nelius M. O'Leary, 1871. 

ESTHETICS. 

18. Art Studies in Academies and Colleges. C. W, 
Bennett, 1866. 

3. Importance of Drawing as a Branch of Colle- 
giate Education. John A. Nichols, 1865. 

(&.) Industrial Drawing in Public Schools. Mrs. 
Mary D. Hicks, 1876. 

142. The Fine Arts as an Undergraduate Study. 
George F Comfort, 1875. 

56. Aesthetic Culture in the Troy Female Semi- 
nary. Mrs. John H. Willard, 1870. 

120. Beginning of Art, or Evolution in Ornament. 
Ch. Fred Hartt, 1874. 

RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. 

27. A Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures an Indis- 
pensable Element of a Liberal Education. Tayler 
Lewis, 1867. 

92. The Moral and the Secular in Education. Tay- 
ler Lewis, 1873. 



LIST OF CONVOCATION PAPERS. XV 

67. The Religious Culture of College and Semina- 
ry Students. John Easter, 1871. 

EDUCATION OF WOMEN. 

57. An address to the Public ; particularly to the 
Members of the Legislature of New York, proposing 
a Plan for Improving Female Education. By Em- 
ma Willard, Middlebury, 1819 ; Second Edition, 
1870. 

20. The Extent and Character of Female Educa- 
tion. Mrs. John H. Willard, 1866. 

154. The Education of Women. S. Ireneeus 
Prime, 1876. 

32. A Letter on the Education of Girls. Miss M. 
E. Thalheimer. 1868. 

19. Diplomas for Women. Alonzo Flack, 1866. 

99. Modifications of the Established Curriculum 
requisite and legitimate in Colleges for Young 
Women. George W. Samson, 1873. 

SPECIAL EDUCATION. 

102. Agricultural Education. J. Stanton Gould, 
1873. 

132. Report of the Department of Mechanic Arts 
of Cornell University. Jno. L. Morris, 1875. 

66. The Study of Physical Geography. Grenville 
M. Ingalsbee, 1871. 

50. Education in Politics. John Norton Pomeroy, 
1869. 

53. Literature as a Study for Young Ladies. Mrs. 
E. J. Lee Blunt, 1870. 

37. How to Read. Alden B. Whipple, 1868. 

131. The Instruction of Deaf Mutes. Mrs. Chas. 
Kelsey, 1875. 

INSTRUCTION OF TEACHERS. 

110. Instruction of Common School Teachers. 
Levi D. Miller, 1874. 



XVI THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

141. Statistical Report on Instruction of Common 
School Teachers. Alonzo Flack, 1875. 

114. A Scientific Institute for Teachers. Jonathan 
Allen, 1874. 

41. Normal Instruction in College. Edw. North, 
1869. 

17. Normal Departments in Academies. M. Weed, 
1866. 

45. Normal Instruction in Academies. Noah T. 
Clarke, 1869. 

TEXT BOOKS. 

67. Lectures and Text Books. Joseph Alden, 
1871. 

73. Teachers, Text Books, and the Encouragement 
of Practical Teaching. Mrs. Caroline P. Achilles, 
1871. 

93. What shall we do with the Books ? Charles 
H. Crawford, 1873. 

COLLEGIATE EDUCATION. 

40. Voluntary Endowments of Colleges and Acad- 
emies. John V. L. Pruyn, 1868. 

59. Perpetual Foundations. Goldwin Smith, 1870. 

8. The Necessity of Collegiate Education as a 
Preparation for Legal Studies. Ellicott Evans, 1866. 

21. Statistics of Collegiate Education. D. J. 
Pratt, 1866. 

109. German in the College Curriculum. Adolph 
Werner, 1873. 

134. College Journalism. Oliver E. Branch, 1875. 

80. Report on Honorary Degrees. R. B. Fair- 
bairn, 1872. 

82. Academic Honors. Erastus C. Benedict, 1872. 

ACADEMIC EDUCATION. 

61. An Appeal in Behalf of Academies, by a Com- 
mittee of the University Convocation of the State of 



LIST OF CONVOCATION PAPERS. XYII 

New York. Albert Wells, William H. Bogart> 
James S. Gardner, 1870. 

(e.) Course of Study Preparatory for College. 
James S. Gardner, 1868. 

150. The Eelations of Public High Schools to 
Colleges. Samuel Thurber, 1876. 

101. State Aid to Academic Institutions. Jonathan 
Allen, 1873. 

116. State Aid to Academic Institutions. Jonathan 
Allen, etc., 1874. 

118. State Aid to Academies and Union Schools - r 
In Reply to the Annual Report of the Superintend- 
ent of Public Instruction. Jonathan Allen, etc.,. 
1874. 

135. School Supervision. Levi S. Packard, 1875. 
52. Academies. Joseph Alden, 1870. 

95. Academies and their Work. James M. Sprague> 
1873. 

28. The Whole Work of the Academies. George 
W. Jones, 1867. 

94. The Relations of the Schools of the State. 
Oliver Morehouse, 1873. 

138. The Academy in its relation to the Work of 
Common Schools. John W. O'Brien, 1875. 

137. The Free Academy in a System of Graded 
Schools. Asa Gardiner Benedict, 1875. 

136. The Relations of the Colleges and the Sec- 
ondary Schools. Cecil F. P. Bancroft, 1875. 

97. The Co-Relation of Academies and Univer- 
sities. Wesley C. Ginn, 1873. 

12. The Requisites of Admission to College. S. 
G.Williams, 1866. 

80. Requirements for Admission to College. D. J. 
Pratt, 1867. 

22. Of the Studies to be pursued preparatory to 



XVIII THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

Admission to College. Frederick A. P. Barnard, 
1867. 

9. The Importance of a Better Preparation of 
Young Men in the Greek and Latin Languages for 
Admission to College. Benjamin Stanton, 1866. 

118. Greek in our Preparatory Schools. Merrill 
E. Gates, 1871. 

16. The Value and Means of Literary Culture in 
Academies. O. Root, Jr., 1866. 

36. Literary Exercises in Academies. Samuel G. 
Love, 1868. 

4. The Examinations of the New York Free 
Academy. Adolph Werner, 1875. 

72. Report on Academic Examinations. William 
D. Wilson, 1871. 

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 

(h.) Legislative Grants and Franchises enacted for 
the Benefit of Academies (from 1786 to 1873). Dan- 
iel J. Pratt, 1873. 

{i.) The Founding of Kings (afterward Columbia) 
College Daniel J. Pratt, 1874. 

145. Inter- Academical Rhetorical Contests. Alon- 
zo Flack, 1876. 

155. The National Bureau of Education. John 
Eaton, 1876. 

156 A Statement of the Plan proposed, on the 
part of the Government and under the direction of 
the National Bureau of Education, for presenting 
the History of American Colleges and Universities 
at the International Centennial Exhibition at Phila- 
delphia. Franklin B. Hough, 1876. 

51. Annals of Public Education in the State of 
New York. Daniel J. Pratt, 1869, 1870, 1873, 1874, 
1875, 1876. 

142. The Founding of the University of the State 
of New York. Daniel J. Pratt, 1876. 



UNIVERSITY NECROLOGY. XIX 

44. The Historical Monuments and Memorials of 
the State of New York. Daniel S. Martin, 1869. 

151. The Cypriote Inscriptions. Isaac H. Hall, 

1876. 

127. My Old Schoolmaster. Tayler Lewis, 1875. 

47. Discourse Commemorative of Charles Anthon, 
LL.D. Henry Drisler, 1869. 

54. Memorial of the late Simeon Benjamin. Au- 
gustus W. Cowles, 1870. 

128. Memoir of the Rev. Cyrus Comstock. Tay- 
ler Lewis, 1875. 

49. Sketch of the Life of Prof. Chester Dewey, 
D.D., LLD. Martin B. Anderson, 1869. 

79. Remarks on the Life and Character of the 
late Gideon Hawley, LL.D. John V. L. Pruyn, 1871. 

60. John Augustus Nichols. Adolph Werner, 
1870. 

48. Biographical Sketch of Matthew Vassar, the 
Founder of Yassar College. John H. Raymond, 
1869. 

25. A Discourse on the Life, Character and 
Writings of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck, LL.D. 
William Cullen Bryant, 1871. 

71. A Memorial of the late Mrs. Emma Willard. 
Mrs. John H. Willard, 1871. 

UNIVERSITY NECROLOGY. 

Loring Andrews 1876 

Charles Anthon 1869 

Joseph Richard Bellamy 1868 

Simion Benjamin 1870 

Elkanah A. Briggs 1872 

George W. Briggs 1876 

Robert Campbell 1871 

William C. Cleveland 1874 

Cyrus Comstock 1875 

Ezra Cornell 1876 

Erastus Corning 1873 



XX THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



David H. Cruttenden 1876 

Francis Elihu Dakin 1870 

Charles Mortimer Davis 1870 

Amos Dean .1869 

Chester Dewey 1869 

George W. Eaton 1873 

Evan W. Evans 1875 

Isaac Ferris 1874 

Samuel Ware Fisher 1875 

James D. Houghton 1876 

William Fox 1875 

John Stanton Gould 1876 

Gideon Hawley 1871 

John Goddard Hinckley 1870 

John C. Green 1876 

Marietta Ingham 1868 

William Kelley 1873 

William Colgrove Kennedy 1868 

George Kerr 1868 

Andrew J. Lang 1872 

Samuel Luckey 1871 

Hannah W. Lyman 1872 

James McNaughton 1875 

Alden March 1870 

Martin Manville Marsh 1869 

George Benjamin Miller 1870 

Samuel F. B. Morse 1873 

John Augustus Nichols 1870 

John J. Owen 1870 

Isaac Parks 1870 

Lorenzo Parsons 1870 

James E. Pomfret 1870 

Philip M. W. Redfield 1875 

Yictor M. Rice 1871 

John F. Richardson 1864 

Edward Walstein Root 1873 

James M. Smeallie 1870 

Peter Smeallie 1868 

Buel A. Smith 1868 

Phineas Staunton 1869 

John Torrey .1874 



LIST OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. XXI 

Hannah Upham 1870 

Mattliew Vassar 1869 

Oulian Grommelin Verplanck 1871 

Hoiace Webster 1872 

Monroe Weed 1868 

Samuel Darwin Wilcox 1875 

Mrs. Emma Willard, (twice) 1871 



L-ist of tlie Regents of the University, 

with their respective periods of 

service. 



Present Members are indicated by small caps. 

1787. Rev. John Rodgers, D.D died 1811 

1787. Egbert Benson, LLD resigned 1802 

1787. Gen. Philip Schuyler died 1804 

1787. Ezra L'Homruedieu died 1811 

1787. Rev. Nathan Kerr (Carr) died 1804 

1787. Peter Sylvester , died 1808 

1787. John Jay, LL.D resigned 1790 

1787. Rev. Dirck Romeyn, D.D resigned 1796 

1787. James Livingston resigned 1797 

1787. Ebenezer Russell resigned 1813 

1787. Lewis Morris died 1798 

1787. Matthew Clarkson died 1825 

1787. Right Rev. Benj. Moore, D.D. . .resigned 1792 

1787. Rev. Eilardus Westerlo, D.D died 1790 

1787. Rev. Andrew King died 1815 

1787. Rev. William Lion, D.D died 1808 

1787. Jonathan G-. Tompkins resigned 1808 

1787. Rev. John McDonald resigned 1796 

1787. Frederic Win. Baron De Steuben ... died 1794 

1790. Gulian Verplanck died 1800 

1791. Zephaniah Piatt died 1807 

1795. James Watson died 1806 



XXII THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

1796. James Cochran resigned 1819 

1796. Rev. Jonas Coe, D.D resigned 1796 

1797. Abraham Van Vechten, LL.D. .resigned 1823 

1797. Rev. Thomas Ellison died 1802 

1798. Simeon De Witt died 1834 

1800. James Kent, LL.D vacated 1816 

1802. John Tayler died 1829 

1802. Henry Rutgers resigned 1826 

1802. Charles Selden vacated 1816 

1805. Ambrose Spencer, LL.D vacated 1816 

1805. Lucas Elmendorf vacated 1822 

1807. Elisha Jenkins died 1848 

1808. De Witt Clinton, LL.D resigned 1825 

1808. Peter Gansevoort .died 1812 

1808. Alexander Sheldon vacated 1816 

1809. Nathan Smith vacated 1822 

1812. Joseph C. Yates vacated 1833 

1812. Solomon Southwick resigned 1823 

1813. Smith Thompson, LL.D resigned 1819 

1813. John Woodworth, LL.D resigned 1822 

1816. Martin Van Buren, LL.D resigned 1829 

1817. John Lansing, jun., LL.D died 1828 

1817. Rev. John De Witt, D.D resigned 1823 

1817. Samuel Young resigned 1835 

1817. Nathan Williams vacated 1824 

1819. Stephen Van Rensselaer, LL.D died 1839 

1820. William A. Duer, LL.D vacated 1824 

1822. James Thompson died 1845 

1822. Harmanus Bleecker, LL.D resigned 1634 

1823. Samuel A. Talcott resigned 1829 

1823. James King : . . .died 1841 

1823. Peter Wendell, M.D died 1849 

1823. William L. Marcy, LL.D. vacated 1829 

1824. Peter B. Porter resigned 1830 

1824. Robert Troup died 1827 

1825. John Greig died 1858 

1826. Jesse Buel died 1839 

1826. Gnlian C. Verplanck, LL.D died 1870 

1827. Edward P. Livingston resigned 1831 

1829. Benjamin F. Butler, LL D resigned 1832 

1829. Gerrit Y. Lansing, LL.D died 1862 



LIST OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. XXIII 

1829. John K. Paige died 1857 

1829. John Suydani died 1835 

1830. John P. Cushnian resigned 1834 

1830. John Tracy resigned 1833 

1831. John A. Dix, LL.D., New York, resigned 1846 
1876. " . " " " re-appointed 

1832. John L. Viele died 1832 

1833. William Campbell died 1844 

1833. Erastus Corning died 1872 

1833. Prosper M. Wetmore died 1876 

1834. James McKown died 1847 

1834. John Lorimer Graham resigned 1864 

1835. Amasa J. Parker, LL.D resigned 1844 

1835. John McLean died 1858 

1835. Washington Irving, LL.D resigned 1842 

1839. Joseph Russell resigned 1844 

1840. John C. Spencer, LL.D vacated 1844 

1842. Gideon Hawley, LL.D died 1870 

1842. David Buel died 1860 

1844. James S. Wadsworth died 1864 

1844. John V. L. Prutn, LL.D., Albany 

1845. William C. Bouck vacated 1847 

1845. Martin Van Buren, LL.D resigned 1845 

1845. Jabez D. Hammond, LL.D died 1855 

1846. John L. O' Sullivan resigned 1855 

1846. Robert Campbell died 1870 

1847. Rev. Samuel Luckey, D.D died 1869 

1847. Robert G. Rankin, Newburg 

1849. Philip S. Van Rensselaer resigned 1856 

1851. Rev. John N. Campbell, D.D died 1864 

1855. Erastus C. Benedict, LL.D., New York 

1856. Robert Kelly died 1856 

1856. George W. Clinton, LL.D., Buffalo. . . 

1857. Rev. Isaac Parks, D.D died 1869 

1858. Lorenzo Burrows, Albion 

1858. William C. Bryant, LL.D resigned 1858 

1859. Rev. George B. Cheever, D.D.. . .vacated 1861 
1859. Robert S. Hale, LL.D,, Elizabethtown 

1861. J. Carson Brevogrt, Brooklyn 

1861 Elias W. Leavenworth, Syracuse 

1862. George R, Perkins, LL.D., Utica 



XXIV THE regents' questions, 

1864. Geo. Wm. Curtis, LL.D „W. New Br'ton 

1864. Alexander S. Johnson, LL.D vacated 1874 

1865. William H. Goodwin, D.D died 1876 

1869. John A. Griswold died 1872 

1870. Francis Kernan, LL.D., Utica 

1870. Oswald Ottendorfer resigned 1873 

1871. John L. Lewis, Penn Yan 

1871. Horatio G. Warner, LL.D died 1876 

1872. Henry R Pierson, LL.D, Albany 

1873. Martin I. Townsend, LL.D., Troy 

1873. James W. Booth, New York 

1874. Rev. Anson J. Upson, D.D , Albany 

1876. Rev. Aug. C. George, D.D., Syracuse.. . 
1876. William L. Bostwick, Ithaca 



OFFICERS OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS. 

CHANCELLORS OF THE TJNIVERSIT T . 

1784. George Clinton 1796 

1796. John Jay 1802 

1802. George Clinton 1805 

1805. Morgan Lewis 1808 

1808. Daniel D. Tompkins 1817 

1817. JohnTayler 1829 

1829. Simeon De Witt 1834 

1835. Stephen Van Rensselaer, LL.D 1839 

1839. James King 1841 

1842. Peter Wendell, M.D 1849 

1849. John Greig declined 1849 

1849. Gerrit Y. Lansing. LL.D 1862 

1862. John V. L Pruyn, LL.D Albany 

VICE CHANCELLORS. 

1784. Pierre Van Cortlandt 1787 

1787. John Jay 1790 

1790. John Rodgers, D.D 1811 

1814. John Tayler 1817 



HISTORY OP THE EXAMINATIONS. XXT 

1817. Simeon De Witt 1829 

1829. Elisha Jenkins 1842 

1842. Luther Bradish 1843 

1843. Daniel S. Dickinson 1845 

1845. John Greig 1858 

1858. Gulian C. Verplanck, LL D .1872 

1872. Erastus C. Benedict, LL.D., New York 



SECRETARIES. 

1784. Robert Harpur 1787 

1787. Bichard Harrison, LL.D 1790 

1790. Nathaniel Lawrence 1794 

1794. De Witt Clinton, LL.D 1797 

1797. David S. Jones, LL.D 1798 

1798. Francis Bloodgood 1814 

1814. Gideon Hawley, LL.D 1841 

1841. T. RomeynBeck, M.D., LL.D 1855 

1855. Samuel B. Woolworth, LL.D., Albany 



ASSISTANT SECRETARY. 
1866. Daniel J. Pratt, Ph. D., Albany. 



History of the Preliminary Academic 

Examinations of the University 

of the State of New York. 



It is now twelve years since the Regents, by their 
ordinance of July 27, 1864, for the purpose of ascer- 
taining what scholars in the academies are clearly en- 
titled to be included in the annual distribution of the 



XXVI THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

Literature Fund, directed that at the close of each 
academic term, a public examination of all scholars 
presumed to have completed preliminary studies, be 
held under the direction of a committee of at least 
three persons, to be appointed by the trustees of the 
academy ; and that a certificate be given, by the com- 
mittee, to each scholar sustaining the examination, 
which certificate should entitle the holder, (1) to be 
admitted to the Academic Class in any academy sub- 
ject to the visitation of the Regents, without further 
examination ; and also, in connection with the sub- 
sequent pursuit of higher studies for a prescribed pe- 
riod, (2) to be counted in the pro rata distribution of 
the Literature Fund to the academy reporting the 
scholar. 

The first examination under this ordinance was 
held in the spring of I860. The results were not sat- 
isfactory, for various reasons. Prominent among 
these may be mentioned the fact that no uniform tests 
of proficiency were prescribed, and that the commit- 
tees established for themselves widely different stand- 
ards of judgment. It became evident that an exami- 
nation conducted in this manner would not furnish 
a basis for the equitable distribution of the income o^ 
the Literature Fund among the various academies of 
the State. Still, the plan of a bona fide examination 
was generally recognized by the principals and trus- 
tees of academies as a step in the right direction, and 
an effort was at once made to remedy the defects of 
the original system. 

The suggestion made by some of the principals of 



HISTORY OF THE EXAMINATIONS. XXVII 

academies, that a uniform system of printed ques- 
tions be prepared by the Regents, and that the an- 
swers to these questions be in writing, was adopted 
and put in operation in November, 1866, one set of 
questions in arithmetic, geography and grammar, re- 
spectively, being sent to each academy, to be dictated 
by the principal, to the class assembled for examina- 
tion. This method was repeated in February, and 
again in June, 1867. The most serious defects com- 
plained of in the working of this method, were those 
growing out of the oral dictation of the questions, 
which not only consumed much time, but in many 
cases, especially in large classes, did not invariably 
scholars enable the to correctly hear and fully un- 
derstand what was dictated. It was urged that to 
make the examination a success, each scholar must 
be furnished with a set of the printed questions, for 
his own exclusive use. As the substitution of an 
examination wholly by printed questions and written 
answers would be of no public interest while in pro- 
gress, it was deemed advisable that the examination 
be conducted as a private one, only the principal, 
committee and candidates being allowed to be pres- 
ent. These modifications of the system were adopted 
in November, 1867, and though attended witb greatly 
increased labor and expense, in printing and issuing 
the questions, it has teen continued to the present 
time, to the general satisfaction of all concerned. At 
that time it was also decided to issue the certificates 
of academic scholarship from the office of the Re 
gents. Under this system thirty tri-yearly examina- 



XXVIII THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

tions have been held and more than thirty-three thou- 
sand certificates have been issued by the Regents to 
as many scholars who have sustained the examina- 
tion. The formal reports of each examination are 
mounted in convenient book form in the office of 
the Regents, and the series is a valuable historical 
record of the results of these examinations. 

The experimental fruits of each succeeding exam- 
ination have been diligently sought and applied in 
improving the system and in establishing all practica- 
ble safeguards against abuse and checks upon commit- 
tees, principals and scholars, whose personal interest 
would of course lead them to desire that all or nearly 
all. candidates should be adjudged to have passed the 
examination. It was found that many scholars would 
endeavor either to give or receive aid, or both, and 
that the committees, if honest and faithful, were 
compelled to act in a somewhat odious police charac- 
ter. To make this feature less prominent, by throw- 
ing a share of the responsibility upon the scholars 
themselves, the Regents long since concluded to re- 
quire each scholar's written declaration, at the end of 
each set of answers, that he had neither given nor re- 
ceived aid in his work. Parers not having this de- 
claration are summarily rejected, and it is believed 
that the requirement has been highly salutary, and 
that it is essential to the completeness of the system. 

Since February, 1870, inclusive, the Regents have 
required that all the papers of scholars claimed to 
be entitled to certificates be sent to their office for re- 
vision by one person. These papers are thus sub- 



HISTORY OF THE EXAMINATIONS. XXIX 

jected to a process of " equalization," and the rejec- 
tion of any papers unworthily claimed is secured. In 
this way, the claims made in the examination returns- 
are reduced, on an average, about twenty per cent. ; 
and the number claimed since this system of revision 
was adopted is scarcely more than half as great as 
when the decision of the examining committees was 
final. 

In the review of what has been done in thus pro- 
jecting, organizing and administering a uniform ex- 
amination in writing on so broad a field as the more 
than two hundred academies and academical depart- 
ments of the State, with no guiding precedent, and 
in face of the prediction in various quarters that any- 
such system was utterly impracticable, the Regents 
have been greatly gratified with the results thus far 
attained, and impressed with the importance of study- 
ing to make it still more successful in stimulating 
general attention to the fundamental branches of edu- 
cation, and at the same time providing a satisfactory 
basis for the equitable distribution of the literature 
fund. Acting under this consideration, the Regents, 
some years since, provided for the appointment of a 
Standing Committee on Examinations. That com- 
mittee has rendered valuable service to the executive 
officers of the Board in the matter of preparing the 
papers and perfecting the arrangements for the ex- 
aminations. 

The subject of this preliminary academic examina- 
tion has been often discussed at the University Con- 
vocation, any real or supposed defects have been 
freely pointed out from time to time, and the system, 



XXX THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

as a whole, has been cordially and heartily endorsed. 
Many teachers, including some who at first looked 
upon it with great disfavor, declare that it is of ines- 
timable benefit in their schools. 

The Regents have been urged to include additional 
subjects, under authority of such legislation as may 
be needed and procured. It has also been urged that 
a similar uniform system ought to be employed to 
ascertain the qualifications of common school teach- 
ers. The system is attracting considerable attention 
in other States, and the question papers are much 
sought for and used as trial tests in schools other than 
those subject to the visitation of the Regents. While 
further modifications are unquestionably desirable, 
there would seem to be positive merit in a pioneer 
system which has been able to sustain itself so long 
and to commend itself so largely to public favor. 



Principals of Academies and Academic 
Departments of Union Schools. 



The first sum annexed to that apportioned to each, Nov. 23, 1875, 
from the $40,000 income of the Literary Fund, according to the 
number of pupils in attendance who have passed the Regents' ex- 
amination. The number in parenthesis gives the relative rank of 
each school in this apportionment. The second sum annexed 

fives the apportionment, January, 1876, for instruction of Common 
chool Teachers. The third sum annexed gives the apportion- 
ment for purchase of Books and Apparatus. 

Addison Union School, E. L. Richardson, (159) $52.61. 

Adelphi Academv, (Brooklyn,) Stephen G. Taylor. (48) 247.28. 

Afton Union School, David E. Kohler, (91) 131.53, 130.00. 

Albany Academy, Merrill E. Gates, (55) 210.44. 

Albany Female Academy, Miss Louise Ostrom. 

Albany High School, John E. Bradley, (1) 1,683.58, — , 250.00. 

Albion Academy, F. W. Forbes, (135) 78.92, 70.00. 



LIST OF ACADEMIES. XXXI 



Alfred University, Acad. Dep.. Jonathan Allen, (11) 599.78, 200 00 
Almond Academy, L. W. Potter. 
Amenia Seminary, S. T. Frost, (185) 78.92, 200.00. 
Ames Union School, S. A. Wessels. 
Amsterdam Academy, W. W. Thompson, (195) 21 04 
Angola Union School, W. H. Benedict, (189) 26.30, — , 32 40 
Arcade Union School, Geo. M. Forbes, (159) 52.61. 
Argyle Academy, Geo. A. Hoadley, (167) 47.35. 
Attica Union School, Thomas B. Love'l, (144) 08.40,130 00. 
Auburn Academic High School, John E. Myer, (9) 657 65. 
Augusta Academy.Sylvia A. Light, (181) 36.83. 
Aurora Academy, D. J. Sinclair, (42; 273.58, 200.00. 
Bainbridge Union School, E. W. Rogers. (45) 258.80,200.00. 
Baldwin8ville Free Academy, Abner E. Lasher, (40) 284 10, 75 00- 
Batavia Union School, Gardner Fuller, (38) 294.63,200 00. 
Bath-on-Hudson Union School, J. S. Powell. 
Binghamton Central High School, R. B. Clark, (12) 557 69. 
Bridge Hampton Lit. & Com. Inst., L. W. Hallock. 
Brookfield Academy, Jas. H. Messenger, (208) 5.26, 70.00. 
Brooklyn Coll. & Polytechnic Inst., David H. Cochran, (10) 615.56. 
Buffalo Central School, Ray T. Spencer, (2) 1,473.13, — , 250.00. 
Buffalo Female Academy, Rev. Albert T. Chester. 
Cambridge Union School, Jas. L. King, (189) 26.30. 
Canajoharie Academy, T. S. Ireland. 
Canandaigua Academy, Noah T. Clarke, (50) 242.01, 100.00. 
Canastota Union School, Aaron White, (167) 47.35. 
Candor Union School. L. D. Farnham. (153) 57.87. 
Canisteo Academy, W. La Monte. (189) 26.30, 200.00, 72.00. 
Canton Union School, N. W. Evans, (85) 147.81, 170.00. 
Carthage Union School, A. H. Brown, (153) 57.87. 
Cary Collegiate Seminary, (Oakfield,) C. H. Kellogg, (99) 126.27- 
Castile Union School, J. F. Forbes, (175) 42.09, —,70.00. 
Catskill Free Academy, James Barkley, (62) 189.40. 
Cayuga Lake Academy. Charles Kelsey, (181) 36.83. 
Cazenovia Seminary, Rev. Winfield S. Smyth, (5) 968.06, 60 00 
Chamberlain Institute, Rev. James T. Edwards, (86) 310 41, 180 00 
Champlain Union School, B. T. Holcomb, (205) 10.52. 
Chester Union School, Wm. Simpson, (144) 66.40. 
Chili Seminary, (North Chili,) B. T. Roberts, [205U0.52. 
Christian Brothers' Academy, [Albany], Brother Hugh. 
Cincinnatus Academy, E. C. Wheeler, [73] 168.36, 200. 00. 
Clarence Union School, Herman C. DeGroat, [85] 147.31, 190 00 
Claverack Ac and H.R. Inst., Rev. Alonzo Flack, [17] 473.51,200* 00 
Clinton Grammar School, Rev. Isaac O. Best and J. C. Gallirn' 
[Fem. Dept.f[76] 163.10. * * 

Clinton Liberal Institute, J. t. Osmond, [189]26.80. 
Cobleskill Union Sehool, R. P. Orr, [61] 199.93, 190.00. 
Colgate Acad., [Hamilton,] Francis W. Towle, [197] 15.78, — . 250 00. 
Cook Academy, A. C. Winters, [501242.01, 100.00. 
Cooperstown Union School. J. G. Wight, [102] 115.75, —,150.00. 
Corning Free Academy, Henry A. Balcani, [22] 426.16. 
Coxsackie Academy, R. A. McDuffie. 
Dansville Seminary, S. H. Goodyear, [106] 110.49. 
Dean Academy, D. W. Smith. 

Delaware Academy, S. E. Smith, (117) 99.96, 190.00. 
Delaware Literary Institute, E.M. Rollo, [14] 530.59, 176.00. 
Deposit Union School, Jas. Johonnot, [197] 15.78. 
Dryden Union School, F. J. Cheney, [121] 94.70. 
Bunkirk Union School, Wm. Harkins, [81] 152.56, — , 250.00. 
East Bloomfield Academy, Geo. N. Eastman, [144] 68.40. 
East Hamburgh Friends'lnstitute, H. B. Farmer, [159] 52.61^ 
East Henrietta Union School, Rev. H. S. Owen. 



XXXII THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

"Egberts' High School, [Cohoesl, Oliver P. Steves, [100] 121.01. 
JElizabethtown Union School, John W. Chandler, [121] 94.76,200.00. 
Ellington Union School, W. P. Spring, [42] 273.58. 
Elmlra Free Academy, James R. Monks, [19] 457.52. 
Erasmus Hall Academy, Jared Hasbrouck,[205] 10.52. 
Evans Academy, Elbert Place, [175] 42.09. 
"Eairfield Academy, C. V. Parsell, [106] 110.49,150.00. 
Fairport Union School, J. R. Gordon, [167J 47.35. 
Falley Seminary, Rev. James Gilmour, [117] 99.96, 100.00. 
Forestville Free Academy, W. W. Darling, [28] 378.81, 200.00. 
Fort Covington Academy, W. H. Winchester, [175] 42.01. 
Fort Edward Collegiate Inst., Joseph E. King, [34] 415.63,190.00. 
Fort Edward Union School, D. C. Farr, [153] 57.87, —,79.94. 
Port Hlain Seminary, Rev. A. Mattice, [117] 99.96, 180.00. 
Franklin Adademy, Malone, Wm. S. Aumock, [81] 152.58. 
"Franklin Academy, i ruttsburgh. Jas. Christie. [62] 1S3.40, ISO. 00. 
Friendship Academy, P. Miller. [79] 157.83, 80.00. 
Genesee Valley Seminary, [Belfast], C. D. Davie, [131] 84.18, 200.00. 
Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, (Lima,) G. H. Bridgman, L 55] 215.71. 
Gen. and Wy. Sem., [Alexander,] Geo. M. Brown, [153] 58.87. 
Geneva Classical and Union School, Wm. H. Vrooman, [13] 531.38 
Gilbertsville Academy, Rev. Abel Wood, [90] 142.05, 90.00. 

Glen's Falls Academy, , [125] 89.44. 110.00. 

Gloversville Union School, Henry A. Pratt, [81] 152.58. 
Gouvemeur Wesleyan Seminary, M. H. Fitts. [47] 252.54, 200.00. 
Greene Union School, A. J. Osborn, [125] 89.44. 
Greenville Academy, J. V. D. Ayers, [195] 21.04, 50.00. 
Greenwich Union School, Clarence J. Doughty, [197] 15.78. 
Griffith Institute, [Springville], S. W. Eddy, [131] 84.18, 130.00. 
Groton Union School, V. L. Davey, [101] 115.75, 110.00. 
Halimoon Academy, Emma Moodv, [197] 15.78, —,40.00. 
Hamburgh Union School, Frederick Dick, [94) 131.53, 110.00. 
Hartford Academy, [South Hartford], H. W. Barker. 
Hartwick Seminary, [Hart. Sem'y P. O.], Jas. Pitcher, [159] 52.61. 
.Haverliug Union School, [Bath], L. D. Miller, [28] 378. SI, 190.00. 
Holland Patent Union School, D. D. VanAllen, [121] 94.70, 150.00. 
Holley Union School, M. M. Baldwin, — , — , 200.00. 
Homer Union School, E. J. Peck, [55] 215.71, 160.00. 
Hoosick Falls Union School, Mrs. Jnlia M. Dewey, [138] 73.66. . 
Hornellsville Free Academy, D. L. Freeborn, [62] 189.40. 
Hudson Academy, Rev. w . D. Perry, [144] 68.40. 
Hungerford Col. In., [Adams], A. B. Watkins, [30] 368.28, 200.00. 
Huntington Union School, Chas. H. Peck, [62] lt9.40. 
Ilion Union School, A. B. Poland, [144] 68.40. 
Ithaca Union School, Fox Holden, [39] 289.I--9. 
Ives Seminary, [Antwerp], M. A. Veeder, [76] 163.10, 170.00. 
Jamestown Union School, Samuel G. Love, [S] 689.22, 200.00. 
Jane Grey School, [Mt. Morris,] Joseph Lindley. 
Johnstown Union School, Wm. S. Snyder, [62] 189.40, 120.00. 
Jordan Academy, N. D. Bidwell, [151] 63.13. 
Keeseville Union School, W. H. Landon, [181] 36.83. 150.00 
Kinderhook Academy, George Cole. 
Kingston Academy. Charles Curtis, [19] 457.72. 
Lansingburgh Academy, C. T. R. Smith, [159] 52.61. 
Lawrenceville Acacleniv, E. M. Sharon, [21] 436.68. 
Leavenworth Institute,"[Wolcott], JohnT. Cothran, [102] 115.75 
LeRoy Academic Institute, W.H. Munro, [112] 165.22. 
Liberty Normal Institute, T. E. Wood, — , —,200.00. 
Lisle Union School, E. T. DeBell, [188] 31.56. 
Little Falls Union School, W. W. Baker, [144] 68.40. 
Lockport Union School, Asher B. Evans, [6] 847.05,200.00, 250.00 
Lowville Academy, W. R. Adams, [81] 152.58,200.00. 



LIST OF ACADEMIES. XXXIII 



Lyons Union School, Wm. H. Lord, [67] 184.14. 

Macedon Academy, J. Edraaa Massee, [90] 142 05, 120.00. 

McGrawville Union School, J. H. Kelley, [138] 73.66, 110.00. 

Marion Collegiate Institute, J. B. Frazer, [88] 147.31, 170.00. 

Marshall Seminary of Easton, A. W. Marcy. 

Martin Institute, (Martinsburgh), F. P. Lantry. 

Massena Union School, J. A. Haig. 

Mayville Union School, Wm. F. Ulery, [135] 78.92. 

Mechanicville Academy, Mrs. S. E. K. Ames, (167) 47.35, 190.00. 

Medina Free Academy, F. J. Squires. [941 131.53, 90.00. 

Mexico Academy. Chas. E. Havens. [70] 178.88, 160.00. 

Middlebury Academy, [Wyoming], H. G. Davis, [105] 110.49. 

Montgomery Academy, Benj. C. Nevins, [197] 15.78. 

Monticello Academy. F. G. Snook, — , — , 5J.0U. 

Moravia Union School, Charles O. Koundy,[73] 168.36,190.09. 

Morris Union School, A. G. Miller. 

Mount Morris Union School, B. Lewis, [167], 47.35, — , 215.00. 

Mount Pleasant Academy, [Sing Sing], VV. W. Benjamin. 

Monro Col. Inst., (Elbridge) Truman K. Wright [55] 215.71,200.00. 

Naples Academy, C. H. Davis, [105] 110.49, 180.00. 

Nassau Academy, Kate L. Hyser. 

Newark Ui-ion School and Academy, A. W. Noiton, [71] 173.62. 

New Berlin Academy, J. P. Bishop, [31] 341 .98, 160.00. 

NewPaltz Academy, H. M Bauscher, [105] 110.49. 

Nicholi Union School, F. J . Vose, [121] 94.70, 190.00. 

Norwich Union School, Hiram L. Ward, [?3] 236.75. 

Nunda Academy, Wm. H. Rogers, [117] 99.96,200.00. 

Oakwood Seminary, (Union Springs), Elijah Cook, [175] 42.09. 

Ogdensburgh Educational Institute, E. S. Land. 

Olean Union School, W. H. Truesdale. 

Oneonta Union School, N. N. Bull, [205] 10.52. 

Onondaga Academy, Oliver W. Sturdevant, [105] 110.49, 200.00. 

Ontario Female Seminary, Benj. Pilchards, [197] 15.78. 

Oswego High School, C. W. Richards, [55], 210.44. 

Ovid Union School, Wm. L. Hvde, [167] 47.35. 

Owego Free Academy, A. J. Robb, [48] 247 .28, 200.00, 107.16. 

Oxford Academy. F. B. Lewis, [92] 136.69, 130.00. 

Packer Coll. Institute, (Brooklyn), Alonzo Crittenden. [7] 694.48. 

Palatme Bridge Union School, H. L. Huston, [197] 15.78. 

Palmyra Classical Union School, H. F. Burt, [37] 299.89. 110.00. 

Parma Institute, Cora C. Clark. 

Peekskill Academy, C. L. Wright, Robert Donald. 

Penn Yan Academy, F. D. Hodgson. [94] 131.53, 200.00. 

Perry Academy, Ella S. Calligan, [85] 147.31. 

Phelps Union and Classical School. H.C. Kirk [1381 ^3.66. 

Phoenix Union School, B. G. Clapp. 

Pike Seminary, Irving B. Smith, L76] 163.10. 130.00 

Pittsburgh High School, Oscar Acwood, [55] 215.71, 200.00. 

Pompey Academy, G. E. Ryan, — , — . 70.00. 

Port Byron Free school and Academy, C. A. Peake, [138] 73.66 

Port Jervis Union School, A. B. Wilbur, [138] 73.66 

Poughkeepsie High School, S. W. Buck, [112] 105.12. 

Pulaski Academy, S. Duffy, [15] 526.25. 

Red Creek Union School, closed. 

Rensselaerville Academy, John Jones, [151] 63.13. 

Rhinebeck Union School, M. P. Cavert. 

Rochester Female Academy, Mrs. Sarah J. Nichols, [175] 42.09. 

Rochester Free Academy, Kehemiah W. Benedict, [4] 1004.89. 

Rogersville Union Sem., (South Dansville). E. L. Maxson. . 

Rome Academy, A. G. Benedict, [42] c73. 58. 

Rural Sem., (East Pembroke), Seward Robson. [159] 52.61, 200.00. 

Rushford Union School, Wm. W. Bean, [181] 36.83, 120.00. 



XXXIV THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Rushville Union School, A. D. Whitney. 
Sandy Creek Union School, John G. Williams, [153] 57.87. 
Sandy Hill Union School, Wm. McLaren, (71)173.62, 180.00,820.00 
Saratoga Springs Union School, L. S. Packard. (92) 136.79,—, 80.00. 
Sauquoit Academy, L. J. Kimball, (167) 47.35. 
Schenectady Union School, Samuel B. Howe, (33) 336.72. 
Schoharie Union School, Solomon Sias, (50) 242.01, 200.00. 
Seminary of our Lady of Angels, (Suspension Bridge,) Robt. E. 

V. Rice. 
Seneca Falls Academy, Ezra B. Fancher, (112) 105.22. 
Sherburne Union School, Stanley P. Field, (112) 105.22,120.00,33.50. 
Sherman Academy, (Moriah,; E. J. Owen, (112) 105.22. 
Sherman Union School, Jas. W. Brown, (100) 121.01,— ,100.00. 
Skaneateles Union School, Arthur M. Wright, (138) 73.66, 100.00. 
Sodus Academy, Elisha Curtis, (25) 405.11, 200.00. 
Spencer Union School, C.H. Freeman, —.140.00, 71.00. 
Spencertown Union School, Franklin J. Wilson. 
S. S. Seward Institute, (Florida), T. G. Schriver and Mrs. G. W. 

Seward, (175) 42.09. 
Stamford Seminary, J. H. McKee. 

Starkey Seminary, (Eddytown), B. F. McHenry, (94) 131.58, 100.00. 
Syracuse'High School, Samuel Thurber, (3) 1,157.46. 
Temple Grove Sem., (Saratoga Springs,) Charles F. Dowd. 
Ten Broeck Free Ac, (Franklinville.) Wm. M.Benson, (16) 478. 77. 
Ticonderoga Union School, L. H. Barrett. 
Troy Academy, T. Newton Willson, (139)52,61. 
Troy Female Seminary, Emily T. Wilcox. 
Troy High School, H. A. Pierce, (27) 394.59. 
Trumansburgh Academy, R. S. Smith, (144) 68.40. 
Unadilla Academy, Jas. O. Griffin, (159) 52.61,—, 60.00. 
Union Academy of Belleville, Geo. F. Sawyer, (105) 110.49,170.00. 
Union Hall Academy, (Jamaica), Jacob Hasbrouck. 
Utica Academy, Geo. C. Sawyer, (18) 468.25 
Utica Female Academy, Mrs. J. C. G. Piatt. 
Vernon Union School. E. W. Davis. 

Wallkill Academy, (Middletown), Henry R. Sanford, (1S1) 84.18. 
Walton Union School, Strong Comstock, (79) 157.84,200.00. 
Walworth Academy, J. C. Norris, (189) 26.30. 
Warrensburgh Academy, Warrington Somers, (125) 89.44,200.00. 
Warsaw Union School, A. P. Chapin, (67) 184.14. 
Warwick Institute, A. G. McAllister, (125) 89.44. 
Washington Academy, (Salem), John A. McFarland, (28) 420.89. 
Waterfoid Union School, E. E. Ashley, (153) 57.87. 
Waterloo Union School, Chas. K. Hoyt, (125) 89.44. 
Watertown High School, W. K. Wickes, (31) 341.98,110.00. 
Waterville Union School, Geo. R. Cutting, (167) 47.35. 
Watkins Academic Union School, S. S. Johnson, (131) 84.18. 
Waverly Union School, H. H. Hutton, (45) 257.80, 1901.00, 110.00. 
Weedsport Union School, James H. Shults, (40) 284.10,200.00. 
Webster Academy, Geo. S. Billings. 

Westfield Union School, John S. Fosdick, (38) 836.72, 60.00. 
West Hebron Union School, M. J. Oatman, (189) 26.30. 
Westport Union School, C. C. Gove, (181) 36.88. 
West Winfield Academy, T. H. Roberts, (35) 326.19. 
Whitehall Union SchooJ, E. Butler, (187) 36.83. 
Whitestown Seminary, James S. Gardner, (25) 405.11,200.00. 
Whitney's Point U. S., C. N. Cunningham, (72)168.36,200.00, 7S.0O 
Wilson Union School, F. A. Greene, (67) 184.18, 150.00. 
Windsor Union School, R. L. Thatcher, (125) 89.44,200.00. 
Woodhull Academy, D. H. Cobb, (88) 147.81. 
Yates Academy, D. N. Burke, (54) 226.28. 
Yates Union School, (Chittenango), A. Magoris. 





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REGENTS' QUESTIONS, 
1860-18TG. 



ARITHMETIC. 



To I He Teacher. 

As first given out, the examination papers in arith- 
metic contained no special directions as to their use. 
Experience developed the following expedients to 
insure honest work 

(1) From the Tenth Examination, this paragraph 

as prefixed to the questions : 

Each scholar is to declare at the close of the exam- 
ination, over his signature, whether he had any prev- 
ious knowledge of these questions, and whether he 
has either given or received aid in answering them. 

From the Twelfth Examination, this paragraph 
read as follows : 



THE EEGENTS QUESTIONS. 



Each scholar is to declare over his signature that 
he had no previous knowledge of these questions, and 
that he has neither given nor received aid in answer- 
ing them, if such be the fact. 

It so remained till the Eighteenth Examination, 
when the phrase " answering any of them," was sub- 
stituted for "answering them." 

At the Twenty-third Examination, the words " two 
hours only," preceded this paragraph, and for the last 
clause this was substituted: "and that he has not 
spent more than the allowed time, if ail this be true." 

After this the paragraph did not appear. 

(2) At the Tenth Examination, these paragraphs 
were appended to the questions : 

Do you conscientiously declare, that, prior to each 
session you had no knowledge of the questions, and 
that you have neither given to any other scholar nor 
received from any source, aid in answering them? If 
so, write at the end of your list of answers, the words 
I do, and subscribe your names. 

The Committe must reject papers not bearing this 
declaration. 

This form continued till the Thirteenth Examina- 
tion, when for the second paragraph was substituted : 
Papers not bearing this declaration must he rejected. 
At the Fourteenth Examination, the sr»rds, and sig- 
nature were inserted after declaration. 

From the Fifteenth Examination, the second sen- 
tence read : 

If so, write 1 do, at the eitd of your lid of ansioers, 
and subscribe your name. 

At the Sixteenth Examination, after the second 
word of the first sentence there was inserted the 
phrase: "at the close of the examination in Arith- 
metic." 



THE BEGENTs' QUESTIONS. 3 



At the Seventeenth Examination, the words, to be 
proposed thereat, were inserted after questions in the 
first sentence ; and the second sentence read : 

If so, write in the next line after the end of your 
set of answers, near the right side of the paper, the 
words, I do so declare, and directly underneath this, 
subscribe your name. 

At the Eighteenth Examination, the sentence, 
*' papers not bearing this declaration and signature 
must be rejected " was left out. 

At the Twenty-second Examination, there was added 

to the first sentence the clause: "and that you have 

not spent more than the allowed time ;" the words 

4 • explanations or other," were prefixed to " aid," and 

this sentence was added : 

Any set of papers lacking this declaration will of 
coarse be disallowed, 

At the Twenty-fourth Examination, this last sen- 
tence read : 

Every set of answers lacking this declaration and 
signature, however satisfactory in other respects, will be 
rejected on the presumption that the declaration could 
not conscientiously be made. 

At the Twenty-sixth Examination, the little word 
SO, in the sentence I do so declare, was put into capi- 
tals. The word full was also inserted before 
declaration in the last sentence 

(3) At the Twelfth Examination, this note was pre- 
fixed to the questions : 

The mere answers are not sufficient ; the solutions 
are also to be given. . 

At the Twenty-second Examination, this was 
expanded to read as follows : 

Mere answers are not sufficient. Indicate the pro- 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



posed mode of solving each example by the proper 
arithmetical signs, wherever this is practicable : and 
give all computations necessary for finding the answer. 

At the Twenty-eighth Examination, the word Nu- 
merical was substituted for Mere before answer?. 
(4) At the Thirtesnth Examination, this direction 

was given : 

Fold your paper in proper form for filing, and en- 
dorse it with the name of tbe institution, your own 
name, and the subject and date of the examination. 

At the Eighteenth Examination, this was appended : 

The diagram below represents the outer page of an 

open foolscap leaf or sheet, after being properly folded 

and filed. 

No answer to questions should be written upon this 
outer page, and especially upon the section to be re- 
served for the filing entries. 



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To fold the paper as it lies with the outer edge upon 
the desk before you, place the lower edge upon the 
upper edge of the leaf or sheet, hold the two edges in 
place with the left hand, and make the fold across the 
middle of the leaf with the right hand: finish the 
folding by repeating the same process. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



At the Nineteenth Examination, for the words 
upper end and lower end upon the diagram were sub- 
stituted top and bottom, and the date was changed, as 
also thereafter, to correspond with the date of the 
examination. 

At the Twenty-fourth Examination, the two para- 
graphs preceding the diagram were printed in sub- 
stance upon the diagram ; and at the Twenty-eighth 
Examination, the first paragraph was also printed 
upon the diagram. 

(-0 At the Twenty-first Examination, this paragraph 
was introduced : 

Keduce fractional results to their lowest terms ; use 
the proper signs of denominate numbers, and desig- 
nate each answer by "^4>i6\" 

At the Twenty-second Examination, after the 
words "lowest terms" was inserted : " and improper 
fractions to whole or mixed numbers." 

At the Twenty-fourth Examination there was in- 
serted this clause : "Solve by cancellation, as far as 
practicable." 

The result of ten years of experimenting, aided by 
the suggestions of hundreds of teachers, is therefore 
the following form : 

(Preceding the Questions.) 
r; 1 Numerical answers are not sufficient. Indicate 
the proper mode of solving each example by the usual 
arithmetical signs, whenever this is practicable ; and 
give all computations necessary for finding the answer. 
D frWR educe fractional results to their lowest terms, 
and improper fractions to whole or mixed numbers ; 
solve by cancellation, as far as practicable ; use the 
proper signs of denominate numbers, and designate 
each answer by ii Ans.' n 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



(Following the Questions.) 

DIRECTIONS FOR FOLDING, ETC. 

To fold the paper as it lies with the outer page upon 
the desk before you, place the lower edge upon the 
upper one, hold the two edges in place with the left 
hand ; make the fold across the middle of the leaf 
with the right hand, and finish by repeating this pro- 
cess. 



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ZWDo you now at the close of the examination in 
arithmetic, conscientiously declare that, prior to each 
session, you had no knowledge of the questions pro- 
posed, that you have neither given to any other 
scholar, nor received from any source, explanations 
or other aid in answering any of them, and that you 
have not spent more than the allowed time? If so, 
write at the end of your set of answers, near the 
right side of the paper, "Ido SO declare" 

and underneath subscribe your mime. 

ftriTEvery set of answers lacking this full declara- 
tion and signature, however satisfactory in other 
respects, will be rejected, on the presumption that 
the declarations could not conscientiously be made. 



THE BEQEXTS QUESTIONS. 



(i, 4.) ARITHMETIC. 

First Regents' Examination, JV&d.'P, 18GG. 
(10:00 A. m.— 12:00 m.) 

1. Write in figures each of the following numbers, 
add them, and express in words (or numerate) their 
sum : fifty-six thousand, and fourteen thousandths ; 
nineteen, and nineteen hundredths ; fifty-seven, and 
forty-eight ten thousandths ; twenty-three thousand 
five, and four-tenths ; and fourteen millionths. 

2. "What is the difference between 3f plus 7f, and 4 
plus 2f ? 

3. In multiplying by more than one figure, where 
is the first figure in each partial product written, 
and why is it so written ? 

4. If the divisor is 19, the quotient 37, and the re- 
mainder 11, what is the dividend ? 

5. What is the quotient of 65 bu. 1 pk. 3 qt. di- 
vided by 12 ? 

(I. Which one of the fundamental operations (or 
ground rules) of arithmetic is employed in reduction 
descending ? Give an example. 

. 7 In exchanging gold dust for cotton, by what 
weight would each be weighed ? 

8. What is the only even prime number ? 

9. How many weeks in 8568456 minutes ? 

10. To what term in division does the value of a 
common fraction correspond ? 

11. What is the product of a fraction multiplied by 
its denominator? Give an example. 

12. What is the rule for the multiplication of deci- 
mals ? 

13. How is a common fraction reduced to a deci- 
mal ? Give an example. 

14. What is ratio and how may it be expressed? 
Illustrate by an example. 

(2:30—4:30 p. M. ) 

15. If 27 tons, 3 qrs. 15 lbs. of coal cost $217.83, 
what will 119 tons, 1 qr, 10 lbs. cost ? 

1<>. Find the cost of the several articles, and the 
amount of the folio wins bill : 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Utica, October 1, 186I 5 

A. P. Jewett to Samuel Paemer, Dr. 

To 10750 feet of boards at $12.50 per M., - 
" 1750 " " 24.00 " 

" 3500 " " 25.00 " 



Received payment, $ 

Samuel Palmer. 

17. What is the length of the side of a cubical box 
which contains 389017 solid inches? 

18. What is the present worth of the following note 
discounted at bank, and when will it become due ? 

$100. Albany, October 11, 1866. 

Ninety days from date, for value received, I 
promise to pay to the order of John Smith, one hun- 
dred dollars, at the Albany City National Bank. 

John Brown. 

19. Involve f to the 7th power. 

20. What is the square root of .0013016721 ? 

21. Sold 9 1-G cwt. of sugar at $8^ per cwt., aud 
thereby lost 12 per cent. ; how much was the whole 
cost ? 

22. A person owned f of a mine and sold ^ of his 
interest for $ 1710 : what was the value of the entire 
mine ? 

23. When it is 2 h. 36 m. a. m. at the Cape of Good 
Hope, in longitude 18° 21' east, what is the time at 
Cape Horn, in longitude G7° 21 7 west? 

21. What is the cost of 17 tons, 18 cwt. 1 qr, 17 
lbs. of potash at $53.80 per ton ? 



(n, 8.) arithmetic. 
Second Regents' Examination, March 1, 1867 
10:03 A. M.— 12:00 M. 
25. Express in words the number 42507000129301. 
2( ;. Multiply five hundred and forty thousand six 
hundred and nine by seventeen hundred and fifty. 
27. Give the rule for reduction descending. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. '.> 



28. How many steps of two and one-half feet each, 
would a man take in walking a mile? 

'J'J. How is a whole number reduced to a fraction 
of the same value having a given denominator ? 

30. What is the value of § of § of .{ of h when re- 
duced to a simple fraction of the lowest terms ? 

31. Give the rule for reducing several fractions to 
equivalent fractions having the least common denom- 
inator. 

32. Add 3f to 4§£. 

33. "Write in figures, two and six hundred-mil- 
lion ths. 

34. Reduce 1375-8836 to a decimal. 

3.>. Multiply seven thousand and five, by three 
hundred, and five million ths. 

36. Divide 126.45 by 493.256. 

37. The ratio of two numbers is 9, and the antece- 
dent 90 ; what is the consequent ? 

38. Find the value of the omitted term in the fol- 
lowing proportion : 

$4: (?) : : 9 : 16. 

(2:30—4:30 P. M.) 

89. If r,G lbs. of butter cost $15.68, what will .078 
of a ton cost ? 

40. If 9G horses eat 192 tons of hay in one winter, 
how many tons will 150 horses eat in 6 winters? 

41. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $336.42 at 
simple interest ; what was the rate per cent ? 

42. What is the interest of $14231.50 from June 29, 
1860, to April 30, 18G5, at 8^ per cent? 

43. Three notes are payable as follows : one for 
$200, January 1, 186G ; another for $350, due Sept. 1. 
1866; a third for $500, due April 1, 1867: what is 
the average of maturity, or the equated time of pay 
ment ? 

44. How much will it cost to carpet a parlor 18 feet 
square, with carpeting f yd. wide, at $1.50 per yard? 

45. The difference in the local time of two places is 
2h. 18m.: what is the difference in longitude ? 

46. 33 is 2| per cent, of what number ? 



10 THE REGENTS' QUESTION'S. 



47. What is the length of each side of a square 
field which contains five acres? 

48. A note for $470.0(1 drawn at CO days, is dis- 
counted at bank at G per cent ; what are the proceeds ? 



Ill, 12.) ARITHMETIC. 



Third Regent* Examination, June 14, 18G7. 
(10:00 A. M.— 12:00 m.) 

■i '. >. Express in figures MDXXVCDLXXXIX. 

50. Perform the operations indicated as follows : 

102—19x17 plus 205--3=(?) 

51. Numerate (or express in words). 90067236708. 
92. What is the sum of .'3912, 361, 400!).-,, 98, 736803, 

8342, 2900687, 9, 40008G2, 28? 

53. If two persons start from the same place, and 
travel in the same direction, one 7 and the other ll 
miles per hour, at the rate of 9 hours per day. how 
far apart will they he at the end of the 1 7th day ? 

54. What is the amount due on the following bill 
of parcels ? 

Albany, June 1, 18GG. 
John Barnes, 

Bought of NATHAN HADLEY & CO., 

16 lbs. tea,@$1.05 * 

18 ibs. sugar@0.14, 

25 lbs. rice,@ .09, 

15 yds. linen, @. 66, «. 

$> 
Cr. 
By balance of acc't, 2.48 

Balance due, $ 

Keceived payment, N. HADLEY & CO. 
.")."). State the process of reducing inches to leagues. 

56. How many bushels will a box 8 feet long. 4 feet 
wide, and 3 feet high contain ? 

57. Add 38-67, : , ; and 17-101. 

r,s. Reduce 1049-8392 to its lowest terms. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 11 



59. Give the rule for reducing fractions having dif- 
ferent denominators to equivalent fractions having 
the least common denominator. 

CO. Multiply 18 5-9 by 7 4-5. 

61. Express in figures, forty-seven, and twenty-one 
hundred thousandths. 

(2:30— 4:30 p. m) 

02. Divide 2019.86928 by 30 1-250. 

03. If !) men cut 150 acres of grass in 18 days, how 
many will do the same work in 27 days? 

64. If 500 copies of a book containing 210 pages 
require 12 reams of paper, how much will 1200 copies 
of a book of 280 pages require ? 

65. What is the value in currency of # 865 in gold, 
when the latter is selling at 131 per cent ? 

GO. What is the interest on $200 for 3 years and 10 
months, at 7 per cent ? 

07. In what time will a sum of money double itself 
at an annual interest of 5 per cent ? 

08. What is the face of a note at 30 days, which 
yields $500 when discounted at bank, at 7 per cent ? 

70. Extract the square root of .0043040721. 

71. Involve 1.06 to the 4th power. 

72. What debt can be discharged in a year by week- 
ly payments in arithmetical progression, the first 
being $24, and the last $1,224 ? 

(IV, 16.) ARITHMETIC. 

Fourth Regents' Examination, Nov. 8, 1807. 
(10:00A. m.— 12:00 m.) 
; 3. Express in words 2584503962047. 

74. 2468 plus 13579 plus 100 plus 0042 plus 18, plus 
19 equals how many? 

75. What is the difference between 576— 208 plus 
1045—321, and 403—250 plus 814—195 ? 

70. Multiply forty-nine millions forty thousand six 
hundred and ninety-seven by nine millions forty thous- 
and seven hundred and nine. 

77. One factor of a certain number is 11. and the 
other 3708311005 ; what is that number ? 



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12 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

78. If the remainder is 17, the quotient 010, and 
the dividend 45707, what is the divisor? 

79. What cost 3a. 2r. 20rd. of land, at $43 per acre? 

80. "What is the difference of time between July 15, 
1857, and April 25, 1862? 



81. Add 



I 

82. Find the greatest common divisor of 492, 744. 

and 1044. 

83. Divide 137 lbs. 9 oz. 18 pwts. 22 grs. by 23. 

84. From § of 137 subtract $ of 317. 

85. Write eleven thousand, and eleven hundred 
thousandths, (the whole as a single expression). 

86. Multiply .0097 by .000125. 

(2:30—4:30 P. M.) 

87. Divide 475 by 128f. 

88. What cost 11-13 of an acre at $1.75 per sq. rod ? 

89. Divide 9811.0047 by .325947. 

90. Reduce 18s. 3jd. to the decimal of a £. 

91. Find the third term of 7 : 8 :: (?) : 12. 

92. If 2| yds. of broadcloth cost $18, what will 27 
yds. cost ? 

93. If 8 men spend $64 in 13 weeks, what will 12 
men spend in 52 weeks ? 

94. Find the interest on $35.61 from Nov, 11, 1857, 
to Dec. 15, 1859, at 6 per cent. 

9."). What is the bank discount on a note for $350, 
payable 3 months after date, at 7 per cent, interest ? 
9G. Find the square root of .876096. 



(V, 20 ) ARITHMETIC. 

Fifth Regents' Examination, Feb. 21. 1868. 

(10:00 a. m.— 12:00 M.) 

97. Add together 15262986957 ard 3379 ; and mul- 
tiply the 19th part of the sum by 70. 



THE REGENTS 1 QUESTIONS. 13 



08. Subtract nine hundred and fourteen thousand 
nine hundred and twenty, from four hundred millions 
and thirteen thousand. 

99. A wheel makes 880 revolutions in passing over 
2 mi. 1430 yds. ; what is its circumference ? 

100. Reduce 49 wks. G da. 19 hrs. to minutes. 

101. Find the greatest common divisor of 4004 and 
5772. 

102. Find the least common multiple of 25, 36, 33, 
12, 45. 

103. Divide 52 yds. 1 ft, 10^ in. by 3 12-17. 

104. Reduce 3 8-9 of 1 7-32 of 2 5-14 to a decimal. 

105. Find the value of 169x .0000728. 

106. Find the value of 2.1.000315— .0045 plus .2801 
minus 18 plus 21.001. 

107. Divide the number 51 into 3 parts, propor- 
tioned as 2, 3, 4. 

108. If for a certain sum, IS sheep may be grazed 
20 days, how many days may 30 sheep be grazed for 
the same sum ? 

109. How many acres could 10 men plow in 14 
hours, if 5 men plough G acres in 10| hours ? 

110. Standard silver is composed of 37 parts of pure 
silver, and 3 parts of copper ; how much per cent, of 
the whole is each of the components ? 

(2:30— 4:30 P. M.) 

111. If I buy cloth at $1.20 per yard, how must I 
sell it so as to gain 25 per cent ? 

112. Divide $1,200 between A and B so that As 
share may be to B's as 2 to 7. 

113. Divide Gs. Gd. between Jane, and Ellen, so that 
Jane may receive 3s. more than Ellen. 

114. What is the value of the square root of 42x24 
x2S? 

115. How much coffee at 9, 11 and 14 cents a pound, 
will form a mixture worth 12 cents a pound '! 

11G. When the extremes and the number of terms 
in an arithmetical series are given, how is the sum of 
the series ascertained? 

117. The surface of a square table is 2G sq. ft. 100 
in. ; find the length of each side. 



14: THE regents' questions. 

118. How many square yards of matting would 
cover a floor the dimensions of which are 20 ft. 10 in. 
by 15 ft. 5 1-7 in.? 

119. What sum of money will in 3 years, 10 month i 
and 9 days at 7 per cent, amount to $1524.10 ? 

120. I have 3 notes payable as follows : one for 
$200, due Jan. 1st, 1869 ; another for $350, due Sept. 
1st, 18G9 ; and another for $500, due April 1st, 1870 ; 
what is the average of maturity ? 



(VI, 21.) ARITHMETIC. 

Sixth Regents' Examination, June 5. 1868. 
(10:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

121. Express in figures the number represented by 
four units of the tenth order, six of the eighth, four 
of the seventh, two of the sixth, one of the third, 
and five of the second. 

122. Numerate the expression obtained as the an- 
swer to question No. 121. 

123. How may 25,000 be expressed in Roman nu- 
merals? 

121. How is the local value of a figure determined, 
or upon what does it depend ? 

125. What is the sum of the composite numbers 
from 50 to 80 inclusive ? 

lL'u. From sixty-five trillions three millions six 
hundred and twelve, take nine billions one million 
four thousand and six. 

127. A tax of thirty millions fifty-six thousand four 
hundred and sixty-five dollars, is assessed equally on 
four thousand and ninety-seven towns ; what sum 
must each town pay ? 

128. Which of the fundamental rules is employed 
in reducing a denominate fraction to integers of 
lower denominations ? 

129. How many cubic inches does the standard 
unit of liquid measure contain ? 

130. How many cords of wood in a pile 110 feet 
long, \\ ft. wide and Gi ft. high ? 



THE EEGENTS 1 QUESTIONS. 1 5 



131. A stationer bought one great gross of slates at 
9 pence each ; what was the whole cost, in pounds 
sterling ? 

13'-?. Of what factors of two or more numbers does 
their greatest common divisor consist ? 

133. What is the smallest sum "of money with Mhicli 
horses can be bought at $50 each, cows at $30 each, or 
sheep at $S each, using the same amount in each case? 

134. Express in words 0.500072. 

(2:30— 1:30 P. M.) 

135. What number must be multiplied by 15§ that 
the product may be 56^ ? 

13(5. How is the value of a fraction affected when 
its denominator is divided by a number greater than 
unity ? 

137. How do you multiply .061 by 100,000 ? 

13S. What amount is due on the following items : 

37 chests green tea 
42 " _black " 
12 crates .Liverpool ware 
19 bbls. Genesee flour 
23 bu. rye 

13'.). Yv^hen are four quantities said to be in propor- 
tion ? 

140. If 4-9 of the distance from A to B is 32 miles, 
what is 5-12 of the same distance':' 

141. How is the rate per cent, ascertained when the 
principal, interest and time are given ? 

142. If $300 gain $18 in 9 months, what is the per 
cent ? 

143. What is the length, in feet and inches, of each 
side of a square carpet, made from 49^ yds. of Brus- 
sels carpeting, [ '{ yd. wide? 

114. How is the last term of a geometrical series 
found, the first term, ratio, and number of terms being- 
given ? 



X % 


23 


75 


each 


I i, 


17 


50 


it. 


<■<■ 


175 


00 


t i 


" 


15 


50 


a 


l< 


1 


52 





16 THE REGENTS 1 QUESTIONS. 



(vn, 2S.) arithmetic.) 

Seventh Regents Examination, Nov. 13, 18G8. 

(10:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

145. Express in figures six hundred millions, seven- 
teen thousand^ three hundred and eight. 

146. What is the sum of 372856,404932,2704793, 
0078961,304105,207708,41274,375,271,34 and G. 

147. From sixty-five billions three millions, six hun 
dred and twelve, take nine billions, one million, four 
thousand and six. 

148. One factor of a certain number is 11. and the 
other 3708311605 ; what is tnat number? 

149! What are the prime factors of 800 ? 

150. If the quotient is 482 and the divisor 281, what 
is the dividend ? 

151. If I take 13729 from the sum of 87G2 and 
14967, divide the remainder by 50, and multiply the 
quotient by 19, what is the product ? 

152. How many miles in 60750 links ? 

153. What is the sum of 4-25 of 9 3-5. and 4-21 of 
328 2-5? 

154. Eeduce 5-7 of 14-25 of 6 1-5 of 17 to a simple 
fraction. 

155. How many times is 5-9 contained in 837 ? 

156. Reduce 9-25 of an acre to lower denominations. 

157. Find the greatest common divisor of 492, 714. 
906. 

158. What is the least common multiple (or divi- 
dend) of the nine digits ? 

(2:30—4:30 p. M.) 

150. Divide 0.01764144 by 0.0018. 

160. Reduce 7 fur. 29 rds., to the decimal of a mile. 

161. What sum, at 7 per cent, will amount to $221. 
075 in 3 years 4 months? 

162. What is the amount of $1200 for 2 years at 
per cent compound interest, payable quarterly ? 

163. If $100 gain $6 in one year, what principal 
will gain $12 in 8 months ? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. ] 7 



1G4. To what number has £ the same ratio as exists 
between 3 and 21 ? 

1G5. What number of men will be required to per- 
form a piece of work in 8 days, that would take 15 
men 24 days ? 

1GG. A and B enter into partnership. A furnishes 
$240 for 8 months ; and B $560 for 5 months. They 
lost f IIS. How much did each man lose ? 

1G7. What is the square root of 61723020. 96 ? 

1G8. How many cubic quarter-inches are contained 
in a cubic inch ? 



(VIII, 32.) ARITHMETIC. 

Eighth Regent* Examination, Feb, 10, 1SG0. 
(10:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

1G0. Add the following numbers : One hundred and 
eight billions, three hundred and six : twenty-one 
billions, twenty thousands, two hundred and ten: 
thirty billions, twenty-nine millions and three. 

170. Reduce 2570702 drams avoirdupois to higher 
denominations. 

171. Keduce 1 m. 18 rds. 2 yds. 2 ft. to inches 

172. Multiply § of 12-7 by 3 A— 1G. 

173. Divide 3-12 of 18-21* by"G-7. 

171. Find the least common multiple of all the even 
numbers from 1 to 15. 

175. From the sum of ?< and 1-0 take 5-18. 
17G. Add together 1-4032 hhd. and 2-7 gill. 

177. Multiply 30.G002 by two and one-ten thou- 
sandth. 

178. Divide 4.08 by .00013G. 

170. Beduce 378-135 to a decimal. 

180. Beduce 8 oz. 5 pwt. 3 gr. to the decimal of a lb. 

181. If 21 men in 12 days can do certain work, how 
many men in 7 days could do § as much ? 

182. How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 feet 
long, 32 feet wide, and 5 feet deep, at $0.25 a cubic 
yard ? 

(2:30—4:30 p. m.) 

183. A begins business with -f 500 ; at the end of 2 



18 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



months B puts in $300 ; at the end of one month 
more C puts in $000 ; at the end of 5 months more 
the profits amount to $1050. What was each man's 
share ? 

184. 3 pence is what per cent of 4 shillings? 

185. What sum in one year will yield $48.75 at 12^ 
per cent ? 

180. What is the bank discount on a note for $600 
for 2 months and 9 days, at 10 per cent per annum ? 

187. I sell goods for $511.29, and gain 9^ per cent; 
what did the goods cost me ? 

188. At what rate will $500 yield $31 interest in 1 
year 1 month and 18 days? 

ISO. What is the compound interest of $200 for 3 
years at 7 per cent ? 

190. How much gold will $100 currency buy. gold 
being at 117? 

191. What is the square root of 403.0081 ? 

192. What is the cube root of 1001208-G4000 ? 



(iX, 30.) ARITHMETIC. 

Nintli Regents' Examination, June 11, 1809. 

(10:00a. m— 12:00m.) 

193. The factors of a number are three hundred 
ninety-seven thousand five bundled, and nine thou- 
sand eight hundred. What is the product expressed 
in words ? 

194. If one man can mow 1.875 acres in a da} 7 , how 
many acres can 13 men mow in 7.5 days ? 

195. How many reams of commercial note paper, 
each 8 in. long, 5 in. wide and 3.5 in. thick, can be 
packed in a box the inside dimensions of which are 4, 
If, and 7-12 feet respectively ? 

190. A note given May 10, 1807, was paid August 
10, 18G8. How long did the note run ? 

19G«. How long is a field containing 11 A., if it is 
35 rds. wide ? 

197. If I start from latitude 15 deg. 35 min. 40 sec. 
north, and travel due north 2159 geographic miles, in 
what latitude shall I then be ? 



THE regents' questions. 19 

n — ~ ' ' "" " 

198. How many seconds in the circumference of a 
circle ? 

199. Is 217 a prime or a composite number ? 

200. The four sides of my garden are 1G8 ft., 280 
ft. ,182 ft., and 252 feet respectively; what is the 
greatest length of boards that I can use in fencing it. 
without cutting any of them ? 

201. What is the smallest sum of money for which 
a person can purchase oxen at $85 each, or cows at 
$35 each? 

202. The tide rose 5-0 ft. one hour, 1P>-18 ft. the 
next, and f ft. the third hour ; how much did it rise 
in the three hours? 

203. How many square rods are there in a lot 15 !-:> 
rd. long and 12 6-7 rd. wide? 

201. If 8| qts. of strawberries cost $39-50, what is 
the price per quart? 

205. The product of three factors is 19^, and two of 
them are 1 1-9 and 2^ ; what is the other ? 

20(3. Reduce 1 da. 1 h. 48 mi. to the decimal of a 

(2:30— 1:30 P. M.) 

207. If 5 tons of coal are equal to 9 cords of wood 
for fuel, and a family burns 31.5 cords of wood in a 
year, how much will they save by changing from wood 
to coal, when wood is worth $1.25 per cord, and coal 
$(3.80 per ton? 

208. When it is 12 o'clock m. at St. Paul, 93 deg. 
10 min. W. Longitude, what is the time at Richmond, 
77 deg. 27 min. W. ? 

209. Reduce .06875 to the form of a common frac- 
tion and to its lowest terms. 

210. 21 is ?j per cent of what number? 

211. What will $25,390 amount to in 7 mo., at 10 
per cent ? 

212. When gold is worth 121, what amount of cur- 
rency can be bought for $5,400 in gold? 

213. A's property is assessed at $6,750, and B's at 
$13,575. A's tax is $52.65 ; how much is B's? 

Find the unknown term in the following propor- 
tions : 



20 THE regents' questions. 



214. 7£ : <;| : : - 

■n, l 



8 { : : 3 : 

21G. What is the square root of 1 L27 750724 ': 



(x, 37.) arithmetic. 

Tenth Regents' Examination, Nov. 11, 1869. 
(10:00A. m.— 12:00 m.) 

217. Add in figures, LXVI, MDXIX, CCIV, XYIII. 

218. From sixty-eight million nine hundred thou- 
sand and six, take seven million two hundred thousand 
and two. 

219. Six hundred and four is one factor, ninety-six 
thousand and seventy-three is the other ; what is the 
product ? 

220. Which term in division corresponds with the 
product in multiplication? 

221. Give the method of proving division. 

222. Resolve 749S into its prime factors. 

223. Find the greatest common divisor of 505, 707, 
and 4343. 

224. Of what is the least common multiple of sev- 
eral numbers the product? 

225. Find the smallest number that exactlv con- 
tains 78, 156 and 390. 

226. Express in words 40203-706007. 

227. Reduce 387 to eighty-fifths. 

228. What is the cost of four fields, containing 
respectively 4 1-9, 2J, 3f and 1 13-18 acres, at $25 an 
acre ? 

229. What is the rate per hour of a boat that goes 
230 19-20 miles in 18 3-5 hours? 

230. Write as a decimal, 3241-1000000. 

{Nov. 12, 2:00— 4:00 P. M.) 
L'.'il . Required the area in acres, etc., of a piece of 
land .5 of a mile long and .3 of a mile broad. 

232. From 1 lb. Troy, take 10 oz. 17 pwt. 18 gr. 

233. Sold 517 bbls. of flour for $8.10 per bbl., at a 
profit of 8 per cent. What was the whole cost? 

234. 1 rd. : .V ft. : : ? : $0.50. 

235. .(2-5) 4 =? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 21 



236. What is the square root of .0011943936? 

237. What is the amount of $50, at compound in- 
terest for 3 years, at 8 per cent. , interest payable half- 
yearly . 

238. A note for $-180. dated Sept. 7, 1863, was en- 
dorsed as follows : Beceivecl, March 22, 1864, $125. 
Nov. 20, 1864, $150. May 13, ISC",, $120. What 
was the balance due April 19, I860, the rate being ('» 
per cent'? 

239. What are the proceeds of a note for $426.10, 
payable in 57 days, with interest at 6 per cent, dis- 
counted at bank for 6 per cent? 

240. If $400, at 7 per cent, in 9 mo., produce $21 
interest, what will be the interest on $3(50, for 8 mo. . 
at 6 per cent ? 

(XI, 41.) ARITHMETIC. 

Eleventh Regents' Examination, Feb. 17, 187c 
(10:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

241. Multiply twenty -nine millions two thousand 
nine hundred and nine, by four hundred and four 
thousand. 

242. Divide 478656785178 by 56789. 

243. Prove that your solution of the last example 
is correct. 

244. A gem weighing 2 oz. 18 pwt. 12 gr. was sold 
for $1.37 per grain ; what was the sum paid ? 

245. Venus is at a certain time 3 S. 18 deg. 45 ruin. 
15 sec. east of the sun ; Mars, 7 S. 15 deg. 36 min. 
18 sec. east of Venus; Jupiter, 5 S. 21 deg. 3S min. 
27 sec. east of Mars ; how far is Jupiter east of the 
sun? 

246. What is the least common multiple (or divi- 
dend) of 3, 4, 5, (J, 7 and 8? 

247. What is f of 9-11 of § of 4-7, expressed in 
lowest terms? 

248. Add 1-9 of § to 1-.". of 7-10. 
240. Divide 81 1-7 by 9 1-5. 

250. What is the greatest common divisor of : ,\ 5-6, 
and l£? 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



251. Multiply eighty-seven thousandths by fifteen 
millionths. 

252. What decimal fraction is equivalent to 7-10'? 

253. Reduce 6 fur. 8 rd. to the decimal of a mile. 

254. "What is the value of .815625 of a pound Troy 
expressed in oz. , pwt. and gr. ? 

{Feb. 18, 2:00— 4: 00 p. m.) 

255. If $800 gain $32 in 8 mo. , what is the rate 
per cent? 

256. If a man travels 117 miles in 15 days, employ- 
ing only 9 hours a day, how far would he go in 20 
days, traveling 12 hours a dav? 

257. What is the square root of 0751.60423716? 

258. If the extremes are 11 and 71, and the com- 
mon difference 7, what is the sum of the series ? 

259. A man having $10,000, lost 15 per cent of it; 
what sum had he left ? 

260. What is the interest of $850 for 1 yr. 7 mo. 18 
da. , at 7 per cent ? 

261. How long must $165 be on interest at 6 per 
cent to gain $11. 85 ? 

262. What is the present worth of $177.71, duel 
years hence, discounted at 6 per cent ? 

263. What is the present worth of a note for 
$875.35, payable in 7 mo. and 15 da., discounted at 
bank at 7 per cent ? 

264. If 29 tb of butter will purchase 40 ft) of cheese, 
how many pounds of butter will buy 79 ft) of cheese ? 



(XII, 45.) ARITHMETIC. 

Twelfth Regents' Examination, June 9, 1870. 
(10:00 A. m.— 12:00 m.) 

265. Numerate, read or express in words 8096392 702. 

loOOOQOM^OQOOONC I 

266. Find the sum of SSSgggSggSSg 13 | 

267. 2579584239456— 249181651116= ? 

268. Multiply four hundred and sixty-two thousand 
six hundred and nine, by itself. 

269. Divide 1521808704 by (5503456. 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS 23 

270. If the remainder is 17, the quotient 610, and 
the dividend 45767, what is the divisor ? 

271. Resolve 7498 into its prime factors. 

272. Find the greatest common divisor of 285 and 4<;5 

273. What is the least common multiple, or divi- 
dend, of 16, 40, 96 and 105 ? 

274. In 4da. 4hr. 45nri., how many seconds ? 

275. Reduce t, tj, i, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, £, 1-!), to equiva- 
lent fractions having the least common denominator. 

276. Reduce 4oz. 6pwt. 9 3-5 gr. to the fraction of 
a pound. 

277. How many sq. ft. in the four side walls of a 
room 16j ft. long, 15 ft. wide, and 9 ft. high ? 

278. The product of three numbers is (1-7 : two of 
the numbers are 2^ and 7-9 ; what is the third ? 

{June 10, 2:00—4:00 p. m.) 

279. Add together 423 ten millionths. 63 thou- 
sandths, 25 hundredths, 4 tenths, and 56 ten thou- 
sandths. 

280. What cost 5 T. 17cwt. 201b. of hay, at $30.50 
per ton ? 

281. Reduce lOoz. 13pwt. 9gr. to the decimal of a 
pound Troy. 

282. Divide 0.01654144 by 0.0018. 

283. One acre of corn yields 80 bushels and another 
acre 20 per cent more ; how many bushels does the 
second acre yield ? 

284. What is the amount of $794 for 4 years and 4 
months, at 7 per cent ? 

285. What is the bank discount of $'600 for three 
months at 6 per cent ? 

286. If 3-16 of a ship cost £273 2s. 6d., what will 
5-32 ^ost ? 

287. If #200 gain $12 in one year, what will $400 
gain in months ? 

288. Find the square root of 4 21-25. 

(XIII, 49.) ARITHMETIC. 

Thirteenth RegenW Examination, Nov. LI, 18 

(10:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 
28!). Write in figures each of the following numbers, 



24 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

add them, and express in words (or numerate) their 
sum : fifty-six thousand, and fourteen thousandths ; 
nineteen, and nineteen hundredths ; fifty-seven, and 
forty-eight ten thousandths ; twenty-three thousand 
five, and four-tenths ; and fourteen millionths. 

2'JO. "What is the difference between ?y\ plus 7§, and 4 
plus 2§ ? 

291. In multiplying by more than one figure, where 
is the first figure in each partial product written, 
and why is it so written ? 

292. If the divisor is 19, the quotient 37, and the re- 
mainder 11, what is the dividend? 

923. What is the quotient of G5 bu. 1 pk. 3 qt. di- 
vided by 12 ? 

294. "Which one of the fundamental operations (or 
ground rules) of arithmetic is employed in reduction 
ascending ? 

29."). In exchanging gold dust for cotton, by what 
weight would each be weighed ? 

29G. "Which is the largest prime number below 100? 

297. How many weeks in 8568456 minutes ? 

298. To what term in division does the value of a 
common fraction correspond ? 

299. What is the product of a fraction multiplied by 
its denominator? Give an example. 

300. What is the rule for the multiplication of deci- 
mals ? 

301. How is a common fraction reduced to the deci- 
mal form ? Give an example. 

302. W T hat is ratio and how may it be expressed ? 
Illustrate by one or more examples. 

{Nov. 12. 2:00—1 P. M.) 

303. If 27 t. 3 qr. 15 1b. of coal cost $217.83, 
what will 119 t, 1 qr. 10 lb cost? 

304. Find the cost of the several articles, and the 
amount of the followinq; bill : 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



Albany. October 1. 1870. 

A. P. Jewett to Samuel Palmer, Dr. 

To 10750 feet of boards at $12.50 per M.. - 
" 1750 " " 24.00 

" 3500 " " 25.00 



Received payment, $S 

Samuel Palmer. 

:;<).">. What is the length of the side of a cubical box 
which contains 389017 solid inches? 

:\( x ;. What is the present worth of the following note 
discounted at bank, and when will it become due ? 

,f 100. Utica, October 11, 1870. 

Ninety days from date, for value received, I 
promise to pay to the order of John Smith, one hun- 
dred dollars, at the Albany City National Bank. 

John Brown. 

307. Involve f to the 7th power. 

308. What is the square root of .0043046721 ? 

309. Sold !) 1-6 cwt. of sugar at $8\ per cwt., and 
thereby lost 12 per cent. ; how much was the whole 
cost ? 

310. A person owned § of a mine and sold '; of his 
interest for $1710 : what was the value of the entire 
mine ? 

311. When it is 2h. 36 m. a. m. at the Cape of Good 
Hope, in longitude 18° 24' east, what is the time at 
Cape Horn, in longitude (17° 21' west ? 

312. What is the cost of 17 t, 18 cwt. 1 qr. 17 
lb. of potash at $53.80 per ton? 



(XIV, 53. ) ARITHMETIC. 

Fourteenth Regents' Examination, Feb. 23, 1871. 
10:00 a. M.— 12:00 M. 

313. Express in words the number 42567000129301 . 

314. Multiply five hundred and forty thousand six 
hundred and nine by seventeen hundred and fifty. 

315. Give the rule for reduction descending. 



20 THE regents' questions. 



310. How many steps of two and one-half feet each, 
would a man take in walking a mile? 

317. How is a whole number reduced to a fraction 
of the same value having a given denominator ? 

318. What is the value of § of § of £ of ^ when re- 
duced to a simple fraction of the lowest terms ? 

319. Give the rule for reducing several fractions to 
equivalent fractions having the least common denom- 
inator. 

320. Add3fto4§£. 

321. Write in figures, two and six hundred-mil- 
lionths. 

322. Reduce 7-025 to the equivalent decimal form. 

323. Multiply seven thousand and five, by three- 
hundred-and-five millionths. 

324. Divide .5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17 J. 

325. The ratio of two numbers is 9, and the antece- 
dent 90 ; what is the consequent ? 

320. Find the value of the omitted term in the fol- 
lowing proDortion : 

$i: (?) : : 9 : 10. 

Feb. 21, 2:00—1:00 p. m. 

327. If 50 lbs. of butter cost $15. 08. what will .078 
of a ton cost ? 

328. If 90 horses eat 192 tons of hay in one winter, 
how many tons will 150 horses eat in winters ? 

329. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $336.42 at 
simple interest ; what was the rate per cent ? 

330. What is the interestof $14231.50 from June 15, 
1S05, to April 30, 1870, at 8 per cent? 

331. What is the value of a pile of wood 34 ft. long, 
3 ft. wide and 5 \ ft high, at $7.88 per cord ? 

332. How much will it cost to carpet a parlor 1 8 feet 
square, with carpeting \ yd. wide, at $1.50 per yard? 

333. The difference in the local time of two places is 
2h. 18m.: what is the difference in longitude ? 

334. 33 is 2f per cent, of what number ? 

335. What is the length in rods of each side of a 
square field which contains 66a. lr. 9 sq. rd ? 

336. A note for $470.60 drawn at 00 days, is dis- 
counted at bank at per cent ; what are the proceeds ? 



THE BEGENTS QUESTIONS. 



(XV, 57.) ARITHMETIC. 

Fifteenth Regents' Examination, June 8, 1871. 
(10:00 A.. M.— 12:00 m.) 

EXERCISE. 

(a) 70100.3042875 (f) 10257235^ 

{b) 20514471 (g) 1282154.4375 

(c) 641077.21875 (//) 90169.0004 

(d) 25G4308.875 (/) 5128617.75 

(e) 320538.609375 (j) 160269.3046875 

337. Arrange the above numbers as required for 
addition, and find their sum. 

338. What special name or names are given to the 
period (.), as an arithmetical sign ?and what is its ust 
in arithmetic ? 

339. What two denominations of currency are sep- 
arated and distinguished from each other by the sign 
referred to in question 338 ? 

340. Mention two or more arithmetical processes 
or rales in which "pointing off into periods" is re- 
quired. 

341. Copy the number marked (a) ; then point it 
off into periods, and numerate it. 

342. What arithmetical operation would change the 
value of (e) to 32.0538609375? 

3-13. Subtract the number (<?) from the number (/). 

344. Multiply (g) by (It). 

345. Divide (/) by (<?), and indicate, by the use of 
the proper arithmetical sign, whether the quotient is 
an integral, fractional or mixed number. 

34G. Change the decimal part of (//) to the form of 
a common (or vulgar) fraction, and then reduce it to 
its lowest terms. 

347. Find the prime factors of the integral part of 

(«)■ 

348. .Regarding (5) as so many square inches, how 
many square acres, roods, rods, feet and inches would 
be the equivalent of this expression ? 

349. Regarding the fractional part of (d ) as the 
decimal of a pound avoirdupois, to how many ounces 
would It be equivalent? 



28 the regents' QUESTIONS. 



350. Represent the first four figures of (j) by tht- 
Roman notation. 

(June d, 2:00~i:00 p. m.) 

351. Copy the following bill of items, find the cost 
of each item, insert it in its proper place on the right, 
and find the total amount : 

Albany, May 30, 1871. 
Mr. J. B. AYoodwoeth. 

To A. & E. C. Koonz. Dr. 

To 75 3 ds. carpeting, @ $2.50 $ 

''42"" drugget. @ $1.87| 

" G mats, @ $3.25 

" 18 rugs, (S) $22.30 

" 81 yds. oilcloth, @ $1.10 

v 
Received payment. 

A. & E. C. Koonz. 

352. Suppose that you buy of D. Appleton & Co.. 
of New York, 5 reams of note paper, at $3.25 per 
ream ; 1,500 envelopes, at $1.75 per M. ; 21 boxes of 
steel pens, at $1.12| per box ; French dictionaries, 
at $1.50 each; and 3 photographic albums, at $5.75 
each. Make out the bill in regular form, as in Q. 351. 

353. Suppose further that the Messrs. Appleton con- 
sent to discount 12 per cent from the amount of the 
foregoing items ; how much would the required pay- 
ment become ? 

354. Analyze (or explain iu words the method of 
solving) the following example : If 6 men can do a 
piece of work in 10 days, how long will it take 5 men 
to do it ? 

355. Define Ratio. 

356. Define Proportion. 

357. Define Rule of Three. 

o~)$. Solve the following example by the Rule of 
Three (or Proportion) : If a railroad car goes 17 miles 
in 45 minutes, how far will it go ia ."> hours at the 
same rate ? 



THE regents' questions. 29 

359. J. Ayers has D. Howe's note for $1,728, dated 
Dec. 21), 1869 ; what will be the amount Oct. 9, 1872, 
at 9 per cent ? 

360. What principal will gain $5.11, in 3 years and 
G months, at 8 per cent ? 



(XVI, Gl) ARITHMETIC. 

Sixteenth Regents' Examination, Nov, 9, 1871. 
(10:00 a. M.— 12:00 m.) 
361. Express by figures the number : five trillions 
eighty billions nine millions and one. 
302. Add the following numbers : 
[a] Two hundred and ten thousand four hundred ; 
[5] One hundred thousand five hundred and ten ; 

[c] Ninety thousand six hundred and eleven : 

[d] Forty-two hundred and twenty-five ; 
\e~\ Eight hundred and ten. 

363. The first number [a] in Q. 362, being taken as 
a minuend, and the second number [Z>] in the same 
question as a remainder, what will the subtrahend be, 
expressed in words f 

361. What is the product of the numbers [c] and 
[Y7] in Q. 3G2 ? 

365. The quotient of one number divided by 
another is 37 ; the divisor, 216 ; the remainder, 230 ; 
what is the dividend ? 

366. What is the greatest common divisor of 1619 
and 5123 ? 

367. What is the least common multiple [or divi- 
dend] of 21, 3.">, and 12? 

368. What is the value of 6 2-9 divided by 8} ? 

369. How many yards of cloth 4-5 of a yard wide 
are equivalent to 1 2 yards § of a yard wide ? 

370. Change 1-7 to an equivalent fraction having 
'.»1 for its denominator. 

371. The difference between 6-7 and \ of a number 
is 10 ; what is that number''? 

372. What is the sum of £, 1 7-12, 10 5-6, and 5? 

373. What will 4868 bricks cost, at $4. 75 per M? 



30 the regents' questions. 



374. An open court contains 40 square yards ; how 
many stones, 9 inches square, will be required to 
pave it? 

(Nov. 10, 2:00—4:00 P. M.) 

375. Change .0008 to a common fraction. 

376. Change 3-800 to a decimal. 

377. How many cords of wood could be piled in a 
shed 50 ft. long, 25 ft. wide and 10 ft. high? 

378. How many acres of city land at $2 per square 
foot, could be bought for a half million dollars? 

379. Change 10 oz. 13 pwt. 9 gr. to the decimal of a 
pound Troy. 

380. A man owning 4-5 of an iron foundiy, sold 
35 per cent, of his share ; what part did he still own? 

381. What will be the amount, at simple interest, 
of $35.61, fromNov.ll, 18G9, to Dec. 15, 1871, at 6 
per cent. 

382. If the consequent be f- and the ratio ^ 5 , what 
is the antecedent? 

383. At the rate of 9 yards for £5 12s. how many 
yards of cloth can be bought for £44 1 6s? 

384. What is the square root of 576.02880036 V 



(XVII, 65.) ARITHMETIC. 

Seventeenth RegenW Examination, Feb. 27, 1872. 
(10:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

385. Add seven hundred and four ; sixty thousand 
four hundred; five millions eight thousand and sixty. 
912875; thirty thousand and forty-nine; seven hundred 
and seven thousand nine hundred and six. 

386. A had $3958, B $14G3 : A lost $1305, B gained 
$1105 ; which then had the most, and how much ? 

387. A peddler bought 491 yards of cloth at 81 cts. 
a yard ; he used 29 yards, and sold the rest at 95 cts. 
a yard ; how much did he gain ? 

388. A city had $311205 at the beginning of the 
year : the income of the year was $884743, and the 
expenses $896750 ; what was the balance on hand at 
the end of the year ? 



THE REOENTs' QUESTIONS. :',1 

389. A man exchanged 159 cords of wood at $5 a 
cord, for a horse valued at $144, and the balance in 
sheep at $.'3 apiece : how many sheep did he receive ? 

390. How many pieces of muslin, each containing 
33 yards, must be sold at 14ct. 5m. a yard to realize 
$1339. : 80? 

391. How many sq. yd. of paving in a street arc- 
there 2700ft. long and 40ft. wide? 

392. At noon on Thursday, a ship was in north lat- 
itude 28 deg. 15 min. 35 sec. : it then sailed north till 
Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock, when it was in north 
latitude 41 deg. 34 min. 35 sec. : what was its average 
motion per hour, in geographical miles? 

393. f of 9-10 of 11-12 of 8-9 of 5-0 of 20 4-7= 
what? 

394. Sold a team for $183 4-5, losing $24^: for how 
much should I have sold it to gain $39 7-10? 

395. A man haviug 105| A. of land, exchanged l-(> 
of it for wood, at the rate of 10^ 0. per A. ; how 
many C. did he receive? 

396. Multiply the quotient of 14 2-5 divided by G 
G-7, by the quotient of 5 5-9 divided by 7 7-11. 

:;!>7. Keduce 9000000 in. to mi. 

398. "What is the cost of a field 77 rd. long and 11 
rd. wide, at $17. GO an A. ? 

(Feb. 28, 2:00— 4:00 r. m.) 

399. If 4.2 yd. of cloth cost $1.",, what will 8 yd. \ 
qr. cost? 

400. If a loaf weighing 12 4-5 oz. is worth 2 cts., 
when flour is $4 a bbl., what is the value of a loaf 
weighing 10| oz., when flour is $G 2-5 a bbl. ? 

401. A man bought 350 A. of land for $40 an acre, 
and sold a part for $2,240, at the same rate: what 
per cent, of the land did he sell ? 

402. At G per cent., what is the interest of $72o 
for 3 yrs. 4 mo. 16 da. ? 

403. Sold r>0 bbls. of wine, each containing 31 gal. 
2 qt., at $2.40 a gal., receiving a note at 90 days with- 
out grace : what would be the proceeds of this note, 
discounted at 7^ per cent. ? 



32 THE REGENTS* QUESTIONS. 

404. A, B and C bought a horse for $100 and sold 
him for $150, by which A gained $18 and B $19 : 
how much had each paid for the horse? 

405. A man had a yard 88 ft. long and 27 ft. wide : 
he reserved two grass plats each 8 ft. square, and had 
the rest paved with stone, at 45 cts. a sq. yd.: what 
did the paving cost? 

40G. The product of two equal factors is 84225 : 
what is each factor? 

407. Find the sum of 10 terms of the geometric 
series 3, 6, 12, etc. 

408. If January 1st is Sunday, how much can a man 
earn in the first three months of a leap year, at $1.25 
per day, not working Sundays? 



(XVIII, G9.) ARITHMETIC. 

Eighteenth Regents' Examination, JuneG, 1872. 

(10:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) ■ 

401). If the minuend be GO trillion and the difference 
85 billion, what is the subtrahend? 

410. If 892 is one factor, and 28544 the product, 
what is the other factor? 

411. Resolve 180 into its prime factors. 

412. Find the greatest common divisor of 222 and 
5G4. 

413. Reduce 8G02 to a fraction whose denominator 
is 25. 

414. What cost of 5 J cords of wood, at $7.56 a 
cord ? 

415. 5-7 of 10-12 divided by 5-10 of | of 2-9 equals 
what? 

41G. A body of 4800 troops has 1-5 as many cavalry 
as infantry ; what is the number of infantry? 

417. 3 6-7 plus 2 5-8 plus 7 8-12 equal what? 

418. The product of three numbers is 74 1-5 : two 
of them are 8 1-7 and 6 1-13: what is the third? 

410. Reduce 2 m. 5. f. 13 r. 4 yd. 2 ft. to inches. 
420. "What would l»e the cost of enough oil cloth to 
cover a room 12x10^ feet, at 75 cts. per sq. yd. ? 



the regents' questions. 33 



(June 6. 2:00— 4:00 p. m.) 

421. At $198 per lb., what would be the cost of 10 
oz. 10 pwt. 10 gr. of gold ? 

422. What is the difference in time of two places 
whose longitudes differ 7 degrees, 8 minutes and 4 
seconds ? 

423. Write in figures (the fractional part as decimal) 
the number : seven million and one ten-millionth. 

424. 49.2654756 divided by .0750= what ? 

425. Keduce .8975 of a week, to whole numbers of 
lower denominations. 

426. What is the amount of $ 1000, for 7 y. 10 m. 
18 d., at 6 per cent, simple interest ? 

427. What is the present worth of $1609.30 for 10 
m. 24 d. , discounted at 5 per cent ? 

428. For what must apples, which cost $ 1.25, be 
sold to gain 20 per cent 

429. If $800 yield $06 interest in a certain time, 
what will $390 yield at the same rate ? 

430. If a 3-cent loaf weigh 2 oz., when flour is 
$7.50 per bbl. , what should a 12-cent loaf weigh when 
flour is $16 per barrel ? 

431. What number expresses the difference between 
the square and the cube of 24 ? 

432. What is the square root of 253009 ? 

fxiX, 73) ARITHMETIC. 

Nineteenth Regents' Examination, Nov. 7, 1872. 
(10:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

433. Write in figures : twenty quintillions, two 
hundred and seven billions, six hundred millions, six 
thousand and fifty nine. 

434. Express in words : 2240000006003170K). 

435. Add 100375, 406780, 4673005, 4112, 18365791, 
2478, and 164357. 

436. Find the sum (in Roman notation) of LXVI, 
MDXIX, CCIV, XVIII. 

437. The factors of a certain number are 53, 7, 5, 
and 107; what is that number ? 

438. 246515999541 divided by 2865S=what ? 



34 the regents' questions. 

439. What are the prime factors of 6006 ? 

440. What is the greatest coinruon divisor of 2268 
and 344 ? 

441. Find the least com. multiple of the 9 digits. 

442. Reduce §, 4-15, £, and 2 1-7, to equivalent 
numbers having the least common denominator. 

443. What would be the whole cost of four fields, 
containing respectively, 4 1-7, 2^, 3|, and 1 13 18 
acres, at $25 an acre ? 

444. Reduce 3-7x^x5-6x4-11x11-12x6-7x8-9, to a sin- 
gle fraction of the lowest terms. 

{Nov. 8, 2:00—4:00 p. m.) 

445. If a man make $1 17-20 on the sale of one 
table, how many tables must he sell to make $27f ? 

446. A. Barnes, of Lee, sold B. Brown the follow- 
ing articles : April 1. 1872, 24 yds. black silk, at $2.25 
a yd.: April 3, 2 pieces calico, 40 yds. each, at 30 c. a 
yd.; May 2, 4 dress patterns, at $6.75 a patt.: May 
9, 22^ yds. linen, at $1 12 a yd. Brown paid $55 on 
account. Make out his bill in proper form, showing 
balance due. 

447 At 35 c per sq. yd., what would it cost to 
plaster a wall 15 ft. high and 54 ft. long ? 

448. How much wood in three piles, the first of 
which contains 10 cd , 6 cd. ft., 4 cu. ft.; the second 
12 cd., 12 cu. ft; the third, 17 cd., 1 cd. ft.? 

449. Divide the sum of five thousand and two 
thousandths, by two hundredths. 

450. $10 is 12 per cent, of what number? 

451. What is the amount of $2160, from March 10 
to Dec. 1, at 5 per cent. ? 

452. How much must be invested, at 7 per cent, 
simple interest, to yield an annual income of $630 ? 

453. A note for $1800, payable in 60 days, was dis- 
counted at bank, at 6 per cent.; how much did the 
holder receive ? 

454. What cost 9 hats, if 5 hats cost £4, 5s. ? 

455. [f the wages of 6 men, for 14 days, are $126, 
what, at the same rate, would be the wages of 9 men, 
for 16 days ? 

456. Extract the square root of 6.5536. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 35 

(XX, 77.) ARITHMETIC. 

Twentieth Regents' Examination, Feb. 27, 1873. 
(10:00 A. M.— 12:00 m.) 

457. Write in words the number represented by the 
figures: 20463162486135. 

458. Express in figures : fifty-seven billions fifty- 
nine millions ninety thousand and forty-seven. 

■tO J. AUU . (MO <M O H JO CT. H C ■+ i-l^l 

r-l (M CO ia I 

460. From 501505010678 take 791090589. 

461. Multiply ninety thousand eight hundred and 
seven, by nine thousand one hundred and six. 

462. 18 A. R. 14 p. equal how many square feat ? 

463. 31557600 seconds equal how many days ? 
461. From 61 S. 15 deg. 36 min. 15 sec. take 53 S. 

18 deg. 50 min. 18 sec. 

465. If 84 loads of hay weigh 201 T. 6 cwt. qr. 
12 lb., what will 5 loads weigh ? 

466. What are the prime factors of 1996 > ? 

467. Find the least common multiple of 3, 4, 5, 6. 
7,8. 

468. Reduce 5-7x3-15x4-16x8|xll-5 to a simple frac- 
tion of the lowest terms. 

469. Reduce 4-9, f, i. |, 1-6 and 1-12 to equivalent 
fractions having the least common denominator. 

470. What is the sum of f, 5-6, f and 1-12 ? 

{Feb. 28, 2:00—1:00 p. m.) 

471. Divide 116 3-7 by 11 1-7. (Give the ans vera* 
a mixed number, with its fraction of th3 lowest 
terms. ) 

472. Reduce 1-7 of a grain to the fraction of a 
pound Troy. 

473. Paid $1355.52 for 49 6-7 pieces of carpeting ; 
what would 37 5-7 pieces cost, at the same rate ? 

474. Multiply eighty-seven thousandths by fifteen 
millionths. 

475. What decimal fraction is equivalent to 7-1 ; ? 

476. What is 5 per cent, of $789 ? 



30 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

477. What is the interest of $1105.50, for 5 yr. 3 
mo. 9 da. , at 7 per cent ? 

478. What is the bank discount on $780 for 30 
days ? 

479. Lf A travels 117 miles in 15 days, employing 
9 hours a day, how far would he go in 20 days, travel- 
ing 12 hours a day (at the same rate per hour) ? 

480. What is the square root of 23804641 ? 



(XXI, 81.) ARITHMETIC. 

Twenty-first Regents' Examination, June 5, 1 873. 
(10:00 A. M.— 12:00 m.) 

481. Write 1873 in roman characters. 

482. What is Notation ? 

483. Write in words, 9008007006. 

4S4. To what number must 962 be added three 
times to make 8472 ? 

485. $9843.621 plus #4687.32 plus $84,321 plus 
$.07 plus $.64 plus $973,241= ? 

486. Rechice 53684" to numbers of higher denom- 
inations. 

487. Keduce .8975 of a week to whole numbers 
of lower denominations. 

488. What cost 10 3-5 tons of coal, at $7 5-6 a ton ? 

489. 108^— 12-17x7-11— §=? 

490. Find the least common multiple of 12, 1 
and 28. 

491. Reduce 13-18, 12-27, and 8 5-6 to the least 
common denominator. 

492. A cubic foot of granite weighs 163 lb., 5 oz; 
what is the weight of a block 3 ft. 2 2-5 in long, 2 ft. 
4 in. wide, and 1 ft. 3 in. thick ? 

(June 6, 2:00—4:00 p. m.) 

4 ( .).">. How many linear yards of carpeting H yd. 
wide will cover a floor 18 ft. square? 

494. When snow is uniformly 6 inches deep, how 
many cubic feet are there on one acre of land ? 

4'.>5. Charles Fuller bought of James Monroe, at 
West Troy, N. Y., May 4, 1873, 1 horse for $95.00, 
2 cows at *' 50 each, 1 wagon for #62, 2 shovels at 



THE regents' questions. 37 

$1.12 each, and 30 bushels of corn at $0.65 per 
bushel, paying cash in full. Make the bill in due 
form. 

496. A cistern can be emptied by 7 pipes of equal 
capacity in 35 minutes; in what time can it be 
emptied if only 5 pipes are open ? 

497. If 12 per cent, of $97.50 be lost, what amount 
will remain ? 

498. What is the simple interest of $200 for 4 y. 
6 m. 3 d., at 7 per cent? 

499. Find the bank discount of $1000 for 3 mo., 
at 7 percent. 

500. If 9 lb. of lead make 150 bullets, how many 
bullets can be made from 105 lb. ? 

(Solve by proportion and cancellation. ) 

501. If the wages of 75 boys for 84 days were 
$68.75, how many days could 90 boys be employed at 
the same rate, for $41.25 ? 

(Solve by double proportion.) 

502. What is the difference between the square and 
the cube of 24 ? 

503. What is the square root of 253009 ? 

504. 1-8 of a number exceeds 1-9 of it by 20; 
what is that number ? 



(XXII, 85.) ARITHMETIC. 

Twenty -second Regents' Examination, Nov. 6, 1873. 
(10:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

505. Find the sum of jf of 9 3-5 and 4-5 of 28 1-6. 

506. Find the difference between 3£ plus 7 u-~> and 
4 plus 2 3-7. 

507. The product of three factors is 19£, and two 
of them are 4-9 and f ; what is the other ? 

508. Divide .5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17',. 

509. What is the value of 2-9 divided by 8 § as 
a simple fraction V 

510. What is the value of .815625 of a pound Troy 
expressed in oz. pwt. and gr. ? 

511. Reduce 4 da, 4 hr. 48 mi. to the decimal of 
a wk. 



38 THE EEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

512. A person owned 5-8 of a mine and sold § of 
his interest for $1710; find the value of the entire 
mine. 

513. Sold 9 3-8 cwt. of sugar at $8 per cwt., and 
thereby lost 20 per cent ; what was the whole cost ? 

514. A man, owning 4-5 of a bank, sold 35 per 
cent of his share ; what per cent of the whole was 
left? 

515. A's property is assessed at $6,750, and B's at 
$13,550. A's tax is $55.35 ; how much is B's? 

516. How many acres could 10 men plough in 14 
hours, if 7 men plough 6 acres in 12^ hours ? 

(iVw. 7. 2:00—4:00 p. m.) 

517. What is tne simple interest on $200 for 3 
years and 10 months, at 7 per cent ? 

518. In 1 yr. 4 mo., $311.50 amounted to $348.88, 
at simple interest ; what was the rate per cent ? 

519 What is the amount of $1000, for 7 yr. 10 
mo. 18 da., at 6 per cent simple interest ? 

520. What sum, at 9 per cent, simple interest, will 
amount to $286.00, in 3 years, 4 months ? 

521. A note for $470.66, drawn at 60 days, is dis- 
counted at bank at 6 per cent ; what are the proceeds ? 

522. What is the amount of $50, at compound in- 
terest for 3 years, at 8 per cent, interest payable half- 
yearly ? 

523. J. Ayers has D. Howe's note for $1,728, dated 
Dec. 29, 1869 ; what was the amount Oct. 9, 1873, at 
9 per cent, with interest from date? 

524. What is the value in currency of $865 in gold, 
when the latter is selling at 107 per cent ? 

525. How much gold will $100 currency buy, gold 
being at 111 ? 

526. Suppose that you buy of D. Appleton & Co., 
of New York, 5 reams of note paper, at $3.25 per 
ream; 4,500 envelopes, at $4.75 per M. ; 24 boxes of 
steel pens, at $1.12| per box ; 6 French dictionaries, 
at $1.50 each ; and 3 photographic albums, at $5.75 
each. Make a bill for D. Appleton & Co., against 
yourself, in regular form. 



the regents' questions. 39 



.527. A man had a yard 38 ft. long and 27 ft. wide ; 
he reserved two grass plats, each 8 ft. square, and 
had the rest paved with stone, at 45cts. a sq. yd. ; 
what did the paving cost ? 

528. How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 feet 
long, 32 feet wide, and 5 feet deep, at $0.25 a cubic 
yard ? 



(XXIII, 89.) ARITHMETIC. 

Twenty-third Regents' Examination, Feb. 26, 1874. 
(10:00 A. M.— 12:00 m.) 

529. Find the smallest number which will exactly 
contain 9, 15, 18 and 20. 

530. If 5 be added to each term of the fraction 5-3, 
by what number will its value be diminished ? 

531. If .0001 is the dividend, and 1.25 the divisor, 
what is the quotient ? 

532. What will 28 sq. yds. 129 sq. ft. of land cost, 
at 12 cts. per square foot ? 

533. What is the cost of 4565 ft. of joist, at $ 23 
per M., and 13640 ft. of boards at $53.55 per M. ? 

534. If 32| sq. yds. of carpeting will cover a floor 
14 ft. wide, what is the length of the floor ? 

535. If a load of wood is 8 ft. long and 3 ft. wide, 
how high must it be to contain a cord ? 

536. What decimal of a short ton is f of an ounce? 

537. 20004 plus (20.104x5.07)— (6.44— .0005)=? 

538. What part of 2 2-5 is (f of f of 2-5-— f ) ? 

539. Keduce .3945 of a day to lower denominations. 

540. An agent received $67.50 for collecting $4500; 
what was the rate per cent of his commission ? 

541. How many cubic ft. in a rectangular beam, 
24 ft. 6 in. long, 1 ft. 9 in. wide, and I ft. 2h in. 
thick ? 

(Feb. '11, 2:00— 4:00 p. m.) 

542. How much shall I gain by borrowing $3560 
for 1 yr. 6 mo. 10 da. , at 6 per cent, and lending it at 
7 per cent for the same length of time ? 



40 THE regents' questions. 



543. What is the amount of $1450.40, from April 
19, 1872, to August 3, 1873, at 6 per cent ? 

544. What is the difference between the greatest 
common divisor of 30 and 42, and their least common 
multiple ? 

545. A 63-gallon cask is 3-5 full of wine ; if 27.G25 
gallons should leak out, the wine remaining will be 
what decimal part of the full cask ? 

546 James Riley & Go. bought July 7, 1873, of 
Joseph Herr, Trenton, N. J., 15 tons of coal at $6.50 
per ton ; 19 tons of coal at $8.25 per ton ; and 14^ 
cords of wood at $5.20 per cord. Make a bill of the 
purchase, and receipt it for Joseph Herr. 

547. How much must be paid for 41 gal. 2 qt. 1^ 
pt. of molasses, at 72 cts. a gallon ? 

548. If 11-12 of a ton of hay cost $18.50, how 
much will two loads cost, one weighing 5-6 of a ton 
and the other 13-24 of a ton? 

549. What is the difference between the true and 
the bank discount of $300, for 3 mo. at 8 per cent? 

550. What principal on interest at 7 per cent, from 
April 9, 1871, to Sept. 5, 1873, will amount to 
$1477.59? 

551. The difference between the interest of $600, 
and that of $750, at 5 per cent for a certain time, is 
$18.75. What is the time ? 

552. If 18 men can dig a trench 30 yd. long, in 24 
da. , by working 8 hr. a day, how many men can dig 
a trench 60 yd. long, in 64 da,, working 6 hr. a day? 



(XXIV, 94.) ARITHMETIC. 

Ticenty-Fom th Regents' Examination, June 4, 1874. 
(10:00 A.. M.— 12:00 M.) 

553. What is the sum of 3912, 400005, 631f, 736863, 
.000803, 60708010, 4 4-1000, and 290.68042. 

554. Subtract 4-25 of 9f, from 5-21 of 151 1-5. 

555. What will 250 miles of telegraph wire cost at 
3 cts. per foot ? 



THE KEGENTs' QUESTIONS. 41 



556. "When it is noon at the Cape of Good Hope, in 
longitude 18 deg. 24 min. east, what is the time at 
Cape Horn, in longitude 67 deg. 21 min. west ? 

557. How many cords of wood in a pile 140 ft. long, 
4$ ft. wide and H ft high ? 

558. Kequired the area in acres, etc. , of a piece of 
land .5 of a mile long and .3 of a mile broad. 

559. How much will it cost to dig a cellar 40 feet 
long, 32 ft. wide, and 5 ft. deep, at $0.25 a cubic yd.? 

560. 1-5 of a qr. is what per cent, of 2-5 of a cwt. 

561. Reduce 7-9 lb. Troy to units of lower denom- 
inations. 

562. How much gold will $100 currency buy, gold 
being at 113? 

563. In 1 yr. 4 mo , $311 50 amounted to $336.42, 
at simple interest ; what was the rate per cent ? 

564. What sum, at 7 per cent, simple interest, will 
amount to $221.07, in 3 years 4 months? 

565. A note for $470.66 drawn at 60 days, is dis- 
counted at bank at 6 per cent. ; what are the proceeds ? 

566. What is the amount of $50, for 2 years, at S 
per cent, compound interest, payable half-yearly ? 

{June 5, 10:00 A. m.— 12:00 m ) 

567. The four sides of my garden are 168 ft. 280 ft, 
182 ft. and 252 ft., respectively. What is the greatest 
length of boards that I can use in fencing it, without 
cutting any of them ? 

568. In the last example, suppose that each board 
is 8 in. wide and that the fence is 5 boards high ; how 
many sq. ft. of boards will it require to fence the 
garden ? 

569. Suppose that you sell to John Clarke, New 
York, for cash, 75 yards of carpet, at $1.55 yer yard ; 
30 yards drugget, at $1.30 per yard; 5 mats, at $3.15 
each ; and 35 yards oil cloth, at $1.05 per yard. Make 
a receipted bill of these articles, in legular form. 

570. What is the value of (2-9xf plus 3 2-7) divided 
by 23-84 ? 

571. What is the least number that 8. 12 and 16 
will each divide without remainder ? 



42 THE regents' questions. 

572. What will 11 lb. 4 oz. of tea cost, if 3 lb. 12 
oz. cost $3.50 ? (Solve by proportion). 

573. If a man travels 107 miles in 15 clays, employ- 
ing only 9 hours a day, how far would he go in 20 
days, traveling 12 hours a day, at the same rate per 
hour ? 

574. What debt can be discharged in a year by 
weekly payments in arithmetical progression, the first 
being $24, and the last $1,224? 

575. What is the length, in feet and inches, cf each 
side of a square carpet, made from 208^ yds. of Brus- 
sels carpeting, f yd. wide ? 

576. What is the length of the side of a cubical box 
which contains 389017 solid inches ? 

(xxv, 100.) arithmetic.) 

Twenty-Fifth Regents' Examination, Nod. 5, 1874. 

(10:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

577. Find the sum of the following numbers, ar- 
ranging them properly for addition : 14.2351 ; 651.012 ; 
2.219; .0374; .00146. 

578. Multiply 4.44; 5.555; 6.23; .5. 

579. Divide 6.435945 by 4027.5. 

580. Find the sum of 16 1-5, 21-25. and 81-35. 

581. Find the product of 16-21, J, 3-17. 

582. If 3f bu. of oats cost $2f, what will 2 bu. 
cost? 

583. Resolve .122, 850 into its prime factors. 

584. Find the greatest common divisor of 195, 285, 
and 315. 

585. Find the least common multiple of 49, 14, 84, 
168, and 98. 

586. Sold 2462 feet of boards, at $ 7.25 per 1000. 

600 " scantling, " 11.75 " 1000. 
1012 " plank, * " 1.25 " 100. 
77 " hewn timber " .15 " foot. 
Write a bill of the same and receipt it. The seller 
may be John Smith, the buyer James Brown. 

587. What part of 7-9 of a mile is 4y rods, express- 
ed in decimals ? 






THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 43 



588. The Longitude of New York city is 73 cleg. 58 
min. 54.43 sec. W.; of Buffalo, 78 deg. 53 min. 25 
sec. W. What is the difference of time ? 

(Nov. 6, 10:00 A. m. — 12:00 m.) 

580. Write the rule for multiplication of decimals. 

590. Write the rule for division of decimals. 

591. Define ratio, state how it may be expressed, 
what each term is called, and give an example. 

592. The same of proportion. 

593. What is either extreme of a proportion equal 
to ? What either mean ? 

594. What is the simple interest on $2,500 for 1 
yr. 8 mo. 12 da., at 7 per cent? 

595. A has a note against B, for $1,728, payable 90 
days after date, without interest, which he gets dis- 
counted at bank at the rate of 7 per cent. ; what does 
he receive ? 

596. Extract the square root of 1104601. 

597. If a man can do a piece of work in 20 days, 
working 10 hours a day, how long will it take him 
to do the same if he works 12 hours a day ? (Solve by 
proportion.) 

598. A farmer puts a flock of sheep in three past- 
ures ; in the first he puts £ of his flock, in the second 
£, and in the third 32 sheep. How many has he ? 
(Solve by analysis ) 

599. Find 12 per cent, of $1-12. 

600. A commission merchant sold 500 pieces of 
muslin, each piece containing 21 yards, for 23 cents 
a yard ; what is his commission, at 2h per cent. 



(XXVI, 105.) AKITHMETIC. 

Twenty-sixth Regents' Examination, Feb. 25, 1875. 

(10:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 
601. The population of Me. is 627,413; of N. H., 
301,471; of Vt., 300,187; of Mass., 1,240.499 ; of 
Conn., 410,749 ; of B. I.. 192,815. What is the ag- 
gregate population of these States ? 



44 THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



602. B had $12,311 ; and after paying his debts, 
and giving away $2,108, he has $8,199 left. What 
was the amount of his debts? 

603. How many peaches in an orchard of 14 rows 
of trees, each row having 27 trees and each tree 108 
peaches ? 

604. How many cheeses, of 45 lbs. each, at 12 cts. 
per lb., will pay for 15 bbls. of apples, each contain- 
ing 3 bu., at 84 cts. per bushel? 

605. Add 8 8-13, 29-39, and 52-65. 

606. What cost 33^ lbs. of tea, at 93| cts. per lb. ? 

607. 100 27-30— 66f =what ? 

608. Write as a decimal, and in words, 18-100000. 

609. 6.43875 -f- 4027.5=what? 

610. Anna Lee buys of Eva Cole, for cash, 18 yds. 
of calico, at 12^ cts. per yd. ; 12 yds. muslin, at 17 
cts. ; 2^ yds. linen at 74 cts. ; and 9 spools thread, at 
7 cts. Make a bill in due form. 

611. What decimal part of a mile is 74 rds., 5 yds. ? 

612. The circumference of one carriage wheel is 
13 ft. 9 in., and that of another 16 ft. 6 in. How 
many more times will one turn than the other in 
going 30 miles ? 

{Feb. 20. 10:00 a. m —12:00 m.) 

013. What cost 8,824 lbs. of haj, at $15 per ton? 

614. The means and one extreme of a proportion 
being given, how may the other extreme be found ? 

615. The extremes and one mean being given, how 
may the other mean be found ? 

616. Give an example of No. 614, and solve it. 

617. Give an example of No. 615, and solve it. 

618. If 20 yds. of cloth f of a yd. wide are required 
for a dress, what must be the width of a piece 12 yds. 
long, to answer the same purpose ? (Solve by pro- 
portion. ) 

619. If a man can walk 250 mi. in 9 da. of 12 ho. 
each, how many da. of 10 ho. each would he spend 
in walking 400 mi. ? (^Solve by double proportion.) 



THE regents' questions. 45 



020. A boy bought eggs at the rate of 3 for 5 cts. , 
and sold them at the rate of 4 for 7 cts. , clearing 9 
cents ; how many did he buy ? (Solve by analysis. ) 

021. A commission merchant sold 500 pieces of 
cloth for $30 a piece, and paid the owner $14,700 : 
what was the rate of his commission ? 

022. A store was insured for $12,000 at the rate of 
^ per cent, and the goods for $15,000, at 1^ percent ; 
what was the entire premium ? 

(323. What will be the proceeds of a note for $1,000, 
without interest, payable at bank, in GO days, at 6 
per cent? 

624. A man being asked his age, replied, if you 
add to its half, its third and three times three, the 
sum will be 130 ; what was his asre '? 



(XXVII, 110.) ARITHMETIC. 

Twenty -seventh Regents' Examination, June 3, 1875. 
(10:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

625. The quotient is 71, the divisor 42, and the re- 
mainder 15; what is the dividend ? 

626. What will be the cost of 3760 lbs. of hay at 
$8.50 a ton? 

627. From 17£, take 3-5 of 16£, and multiply the 
remainder by f . 

628. A lady bought 6 silver spoons, each weighing 
3oz. 3pwt. 8gi\, at $2.25 an oz. , and a gold chain 
weighing 14pwt., at $1.25 apwt.; what was the cost 
of both spoons and chain ? 

629. From 15 ten-thousandths take 27 millionths, 
and multiply the difference by 20.5. 

630. Reduce G.25 of a pound Troy to lower inte- 
gers. 

631. How many seconds are there in the three sum- 
mer months ? 

632. How many acres are there in a street 4 rods 
wide and 2\ miles long ? 

633. Reduce 4s. 6d. to the decimal of a £ sterling. 

634. A quantity of sugar was bought for $150, and 
sold for $167.50 ; what was the gain per cent? 



46 THE regents' questions. 

035. Mrs. C. B. Jones bought of Cole, Steel & Co. , 
of Detroit, as follows : Nov. 12, 1874. 23 yds. calico 
@ 16c. ; 45 yds. sheeting @ 20c. : Dec. 7, 12 yds. 
silk @ 1 . 02^ ; 8 handkerchiefs @ 45c. ; 2 pairs kid 
gloves @ $1 . 87£. Make bill for Jan. 1st, 1875, and 
receipt the same, as clerk of the firm. 

030. What is the interest of $125.50 for 7 months 
and 10 days, at 7 per cent. ? 

{June 4, 2:00—4:00 p. M.) 

637. A note for $500, dated Oct, 8, 1873, and bear- 
ing interest at 9 per cent., is endorsed as follows : 
Nov. 4, 1874, $30; Jan. 30, 1875, $250. What will 
be due July 1, 1875? 

638. What is the true discount on $236, due in 3 
years, at 6 per cent. ? 

039. What is the bank discount on $125, payable 
in 90 days, at S per cent. ? 

040. Two men divided a lot of wood costing $81, 
one taking 5^ cords and the other the remaining 8 
cords; what must each paj 7 ? (Solve by analysis.) 

641. What is the square root of 416.10 ? 

642. How many gallons of water will a cistern hold 
which is 7 ft. long, 6 ft. wide, and 11 ft. deep? 

64 1. A. can mow 2 acres in 3 days, and B. 5 acres 
in 6 days ; in how many days can thej 7 together mow 
9 acres ? 

044. A house valued at $3240 is insured for § of its 
value, at .§ per cent. : what is the premium ? 

045. How many bricks will it require to build a 
wall 2 rd. long, 6 ft. high, and 18 in. thick, each brick 
being 8 in long T 4 in. wide, and 2^ in. thick ? 

646. If the wages of 24 men for 4 days are $192, 
what will be the wages of 36 men for 3 days ? 
(Solve by double proportion and cancellation.) 

047. At what rate per cent, will $311.50 amount to 
$337.40, in 1 yr. 4 mo. ? 

048. What will it cost to lay a pavement 3 ! ft. long 
and 9 ft, in. wide, at 4() cts. a sq. yd. ? 



THE EEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 47 



(XXVIII, lla.) ARITHMETIC. 

Twenty-eighth Regents Examination, Nov. 4, 1875. 

(10:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

649. Express in words the number 42507000129301 . 
050. Multiply five hundred and forty thousand six 
hundred and nine by seventeen hundred and fifty. 

651. Give the rule for reduction ascending (i e. from 
lower to higher denominations), and state how this 
process chiefly differs from reduction descending. 

652. How many steps of two and one-half feet each, 
would a man take in walking five miles ? 

653. How is a whole number reduced to a fraction 
of the same value, having a given denominator ? 

654. What is the value of | of § of \ of £, when 
reduced to a simple fraction of the lowest terms ? 

655. Give the rule for reducing several fractions to 
equivalent fractions having the least common denomi- 
nator. 

656. Add 3f, 4 21-38, and 51.6 >2. (Express the 
fractional part of the sum as a decimal of three places.) 

657. Write in figures : two and six hundred-mil- 
lionths. 

658. Keduce 7-625 to the equivalent decimal form. 

659. Multiply seven thousand and five, by three-hun- 
dred-and-five-millionths. 

660. Divide .5 of 1.75 by .25 of 17^. 

661. If 27 T. 3 qr. 15 lb." of coal cost #217.83. what 
will 119 T. 1 qr. 10 lb cost? (First reduce qrs. and 
lbs. to the decimal of a ton ; and then solve by pro- 
portion. ) 

662. What is the square root of .0043046721 ? 

{Nov. 5. 10:00 A. M.— 12:00 m.) 

663. The ratio of two numbers and the (onsr/uent 
being given, what is the process for finding the ante- 
cedent (considering it ..s standing in the same relation 
to the consequent, as a numerator to its d 'nomi- 
nator ?) 

664. Find the value <-f the omitted tern in the f >1- 
lowing proportion : $4 : (?) : : 9 : 16. 



4:8 THE regents' questions. 

665. A note for $4-86, dated Sept. 7, 1873, was 
endorsed as follows : — Received, March 22, 1874, $125. 
May 13, 1875, $120. What balance remained due at 
time of last payment, the rate being 6 per cent. ? 

666. "What is the length of the side of a cubical box 
which contains 103823 solid inches ? 

667. What are the proceeds of the following note 
discounted at bank, and when will it become due f 

$100. Utica, October 11, 1875. 

Ninety days from date, for value received, I 
promise to pay to the order of John Smith, One 
Hundred Dollars, at the Albany City Bank. 

John -Jay. 

668. Involve •§■ to the 5th power. 

669. Sold 9 1-6 cwt. of sugar at $84; per cwt.. and 
thereby lost 12 per cent ; what was the first cost ? 

670. A person owned -§ of a mine and sold f of his 
interest for $1710; what was the value of the entire 
mine ? 

671. When it is 2 h. 36 m. a. m. at the Cape of Good 
Hope, in longitute 1 8 degrees 24 minutes east, what 
is the time at Cape Horn, in longitude 67 degrees 21 
minutes west ? 

672. What is the cost of 17 T. 18 cwt. 1 qr. 17 lb. of 
potash, at $53. 80 per ton ? (First reduce the lower 
denominations to the decimal of a ton.) 



(XXIX, 120.) ARITHMETIC. 

Twenty-ninth Regents' Examination, Feb. 24. 1876. 
(10:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

673. Two men are 450 miles apart ; if they ap- 
proach each other, one traveling 30 miles a day and 
the other 35 miles a day, how far apart will they be 
at the end of 6 daj^s ? 

674. A had $24, B four times as much as A less $ 16, 
and C twice as much as A and B together plus $17 ; 
how much money had C ? 

675. Give all the prime numbers below 20 ; and 
all the composite numbers between 20 and 40, in- 
clusive. 






THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 4!> 



076. What is the greatest common divisor of 144, 
216 and 648? 

677. Reduce to the simplest form : (20 5-9 plus | of 
5-6) divided by 6? — £x§. 

678. The longitude of New York being 3° E from 
the meridian of Washington, San Francisco 45° 
25' W. , what will be the time of day at New iork, 
when it is noon at San Francisco ? 

679. 2 pk. 3 qt. 1.2 pt, is what decimal part of 

20 bu, ? 

(580. What will it cost to dig a cellar 40 ft. long, 

21 ft. 6 in. wide, and 4 ft. deep, at $1.75 a cubic 
yard ? 

681. From 16 ten thousandths take 27 millionths, 
and multiply the difference by 20.5. 

682. Henry S.uith bought of John Clarke, of 
Louisville, Ky. # , as follows: Dec. 10, 1875, 7 pair 
calf boots @ $5,75; 6 pair ladies' gaitei-s @ $3 25; 
10 pair children's shoes @ #1.75; Jan. 5, 1876, 12 
pair coarse boots @ $3.12^. Make out and receipt 
the bill, as clerk of John Clarke. 

683. A clerk receiving a yearly salary of $950, pays 
•#275 a year for board, $180 for clothing, and $150 
for other expenses ; what per cent of his salary is left? 

684. Carriages, costing $165, are sold at 18 per 
cent profit ; what is the gain on each carriage? 

685. A school house is insured at 3-5 per cent, and 
the premium was §93.60; for how much is the house 
insured ? 

686. If a man's pulse beat 3<>0 times in 4 minutes, 
how many times will it beat in 8 hours ? 

*HT Solve by proportion 

687. If it cost $84 to carpet a room 36 ft. long and 
21 ft. wide, what will it cost to carpet a room 33 ft. 
long and 27 ft. wide ? 

•ST State and solve as a compound proportion. 

688. At what date will a note for #300, given Jan. 
10, 1876, amount to $347.25, at 6 per cent, simple 
interest? 

689. A note for $520, dated April 12, 1874, had the 
following endorsement : '"Dec. 6, 1874, $120." What 



50 



KEY TO REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



amount will be due May 1, 1876, at 9 per cent, sim- 
ple interest? 

( ;'.»<). What is the square root of 1040 1-1*1 V 

691. A flag pole 180 ft. high casts a shadow loo ft. 
in length ; what is the distance from the top of the 
pole to the end of shadows. 

692. A block of granite in the form of a cube, con- 
tains 410(53. 625 cubic inches ; what is the length of 
its edge? 



KEY TO THE REGENTS' PROBLEMS. 

Note.— Heavy type indicates that the number is to be 
written in words. Questions the numbers to which are 
omitted refer either to definitions or to processes- 
^u^uiii^ii as. $465.7187. 



1. 790S1.60SS14. 

2. iy 8 . 

4. 714. 

5. 5 bu. 1 pk. 6 qt. 2 gi. 

8. 2. 

9. 7 h. 36 m. 
15. $958.60 plus. 

Amt. $338.875 . 

6 ft. 1 in. 

$98.19. Jan. 12, 1867. 

78125-2097152. 

.00501. 

$85.93%. 

$3648. 

8 h. 53 m. P. M. 

$954.1498. 

42.567000139301. 

946,005,750. 

2112 steps. 

1-32. 

8 25-114. 

33. 2.00000006. 

34. .0112. 
2.13(5525. 
1-5. 

10 or 810. 
7 1-9. 

39. $43. OS. 

40. 1800 tons. 
U. ii per cent. 

42. $5550.284 plus. 

43. $33.49. 

44. $72.00. 

45. 34 degrees, 30 minutes. 

10. 1^00. 

17. 10:; rods. 



16 
17. 

IS. 
19. 
20. 
21. 
22. 
23. 
24. 
25. 
26. 
28. 
30. 
32 



35. 

m. 

37. 
38. 



48 

49" 25989. 

50. 538%. . 

51. 90,007,236,70S. 

52. 7691167. 

53. 612 miles. 

$31.47. 
77 1-7 bu. 
1 13141-27068. 



54. 
56. 
57. 
58. 
60. 
61. 
62, 
63. 
04 
65 



144 11-15. 

47.00021. 

67.32. 

6 men. 

38 2-5. 

$1133.15. 
60. $53.66%. 
07. 20 years. 
68. $503,229. 

70. .00501. 

71. 1.26247696. 

72. $42448. 

73. 2584503962047. 

74. 22395. 

75. 926. 

70. 44:^501670734173. 

77. 4079142705:.. 

78. 75. 

79. $155.87X. 

80. 4 v. 9 m. 10 d. [oz. 10 dr. 
si. L02T. 1 cwt. 3qr. 9 1b. 15 
82. 12. 

s:i. 51bs. LLoz.l8pwt.53-23gr. 

84. Difference, 07 1-6. 

85. 11000.00011. 

86. .0000012125. 



KEY TO REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



87. 3 713-1029? 

88. $236.92 4-13. 

89. 30100. 

90. .915625. 

91. W4. 

92. $31(5. 

93. $384. 

94. $4.47499. 

95. $6.33. 

96. .936. 

97. 61051962944. 

98. 399098080. 

99. 16% ft. 

100. 503700. 

101. 52. 
103. 9900. 

103. 14 yd. 7 3-14 in. 

104. 11.171875. 

105. .0123032. 

106. 28.27691;-). 

107. 12, 18, 24. 

108. 18 clays. 

109. 16 acres. 

110. Silver, .925 ; copper, .075. 

111. $1.50. 

112. A, $266.66%. B, $933.33K. 

113. Jane, 4s. 9d., Ellen,ls. 9d. 

114. 168. [&C. 

115. 1 at 9c, 1 at lie, 2 at 14c, 

117. 5 ft. 2 in. 

118. 35 5-7 yards. 

119. $1200. 

120. Oct. 19, 1869. 

121. 4064200150 

122. 4,064,t>00,l 50. 

123. XXV. 

125. 1552. 

126. 64991001996606. 

127. $7336.21. 

129. 231 cubic inches. 

130. 31 127-128. 

131. £64 4-5. 

133. $600. 

134. .500072. 

135. 3 57-94. 

137. 6100. 

138. $3252.335. 
140. 30 miles. 

142. 8 per cent. 

143. 18 ft, 3.312 in. 

145. 600017308. 

146. 13115375. 

147. 56001996606. 

148. 40791427655. 



149. 
150. 
151. 
152. 
153. 
154. 
155. 
156. 
157. 
158. 
159. 
160. 
II il 



135142. 

3800. 

7 19-32. 

HI 232 2625 

11151-25. 

150< - . 3-5 times. 

1 Et.l7rd. 18yd. 111. 50.4 in. 

6. 



!520. 
9.8008. 
.965625. 
$179.25. 

162. $1349.76. 

163. $300. 
161, BM- 

165. 45 men. 

166. A, $48 ; 15, $70. 

167. 78564. 
L68. 64. 

169. 159i 129021)51 9. 

170. 5T. 3qr.21b.5oz. 

171. 67020 in dies. 

172. X. 

173. \. 

174. 840. 

175. 5-6. 

176. 11-14 gill. 

177. 61.20346002. 

178. 30000. 

179. 2 s. 

180. .68802083K. 

181. 24 men. 

182. $59.25. 

183. A, $48<\ B, $216, B, $360. 

184. 6 1 , per cent, 

185. $390.00. 

186. $11.52, 

187. $468.00. 
6 i»i -r cent. 
$45.0086. 
$68.03. 
20 00!!. 
211-20. 
3895500000. 
182.8125 acres. 
4s reams. 
1 year, 3 months. 

64 rods. 



188. 
189. 
190. 
191. 
192. 
193. 
194. 
195. 
196. 
19< a. 

197. 51° 34' 40" 

L98. 1296001) 

199. 217=31X7. 

200. 14 ft. 

201. $595.00. 



KEY TO KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



202. 

203. 

204. 

205. 

206. 

207. 

208. 

209. 

210. 

211. 

212. 

213. 

214. 

215. 

216. 

217. 

218. 

219. 

222. 

223. 

225. 

226. 

227. 

228. 

229. 

230. 

231. 

232. 

233. 

234. 

235. 

246. 

237. 

238. 

239. 

240. 

241. 

242. 

243. 

244. 

245. 

246. 

247. 

248. 

249. 

250. 

251. 

252. 

253. 

254. 

•2;-,;-,. 

256. 

257. 

258. 



2 11-36 ft. 359. 

198 4-7 sq. vds. 260. 

9 ctS. 361. 

5 1-7. 362- 

.6 week. 363. 

$14,875. 364. 

1 h. 2 m. 52 sec. P. M. 265. 

1L-160. 366. 

3600. 267. 

$2^71.08%. 368. 

$6696.00. 369. 

$105,885. 270. 

18. 3.2. 

33582. 373. 

1807. 3,4. 

61700004. 275. 

58028092. 276. 

2. 23, 163. 277. 

101- !J8. 

780. 3,9. 

40203-706007. 280. 

32895-85. 381. 

$30".00. 382. 

12 155-372. 283. 

.003241. 384. 

96 A. 385. 

1 oz. 2 pwt. 6 gv. 286. 

$3877.50. 387. 

$16.50. 388. 

16-625. 389. 

.03456. 290. 

$63.2659 plus. 292. 

$136.14. 293. 

$425,846 plus. 396. 

$14.40. 397. 

11717175236000. 303. 

8428688 22346-50789. 304. 

478656785178. 305. 

$1923.48. 306. 

16 S. 26° =307. 

840. 308. 

27-176. 309. 

289-1350. 310. 

8 132-161. 311. 

1-24. 312. 

.00000130;'). 313. 

.4375. 314. 

.775 mile. 316. 

!l oz. 15 pwt. ISg-r. 318. 

6 percent. 320. 

208 miles. 321. 

98.7654. 322. 

-125 323. 



$8500.00. 
$97.18. 
1 v. 6 mo. 
$385.25. 
$836,542 plus. 
57 11-40 lbs. 

S006392702. 

363;5664. 

2330396585340. 

214007086881. 

234. 

75. 

2, 23, 163. 

15. 

3360. 

362700. 

L. C. D. 2520. 

9-25 lb. 

567 sq. ft, 

105-245. 

.7186423. 

$178.73. 

.8-90625. 

9.189688 plus. 

96 bushels. 

$1034.85. 

$9.30. 

£227 12s. Id. 

$18. 

21-5. 

79OS1.60SSL1. 

4 5-8. 

714. 

5bu. 1 pk. Oqt. 2j?i. 

97. 

850 19-420 wks. 

$958.60 plus. 

Amt, $338,875. 

6 ft. 1 in. 

$98.19. Jan. 12, 1871. 

78 125-2097152. 

.06561. 

$85.93%. 

$3648. 

8 h. 53 m. P. M. 

$054. Hits. 

42567000129301. 

<i-16.0C5.750. 

2112 steps. 

1-32. 

8 25-1 14. 

2.00000006. 

.0112. 

2.136525. 



KEY TO REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



r>3 



324. 1-5. 


384. 24.0006. 


325. 10 or 810. 


385. 6,719,994. 


326. 7 1-9. 


386. B. $35. 


327. $43.68, 


387. $41.19. 


328. 1800 tons. 


388. $299192. 


329. 6 per cent. 


389. 217 sheep. 


330. $5550.284 plus. 


390. 280 pieces. 


331. $33.49. 


391. 12000 yds. 


332. $72.00. 


392. 15% g-e- mi. 


333. 34 deg\ 30 rain. 


393. 11. 


334. 1200. 


394. $248. ■ • 


335. 103 rods. 


395. 185 1-16 cd. 


336. $465.7187 plus. 


396. 1 19-36. 


337. 41028942. 


397. 142 mi. 14 rd. 3 yd. 


341 70,100. 3.042,875. 


[.0001398. $347.27. 


342. Divide by 10,000 or 


x by 399. $31.25. 


343. 10,187,135,1,957,125. 


400. 2% cents. 


344. 114,610,583,987.799275 


401. 16 per cent. 


345. 16. 


402. $145.92. 


346. 1-2500. 


403. $3709.125. 


347. 2, 2, 5, 5, 701. [123 in. 404. A $36 ; B $38 ; C $26. 


348. 3 A. 1 R. 3 rd. 8 yd. 


2 ft. 405. $44.90. 


349. 14 oz. 


406. 185. 


350. MDCII. 


407. 3069. 


•'•51. $776.25. 


408. $97.50. 


35 -. $90.85. 


409. 68,915,000,000,000. 


353. $79.97. 


410. 32. 


354. 12 men. 


411. 2, 2, 3, 3, 5. 


358. 113>£ miles. 


412. 6. 


359. $2160. 


413. 217300-25. 


: j 60. $18.25. 


414. $44,415. 


361. 5,080,009,000,001. 


415. 15 15-56. 


362. 406556. 


4K 4000. 


363. 109890. 


417. 14 25-168. 


364. 382831475. 


418. 1 11246-22515. 


365. 9332. 


419. 169062 in. 


366. 17. . 


420. $16.50. 


367. 210. 


421. $173.59. 


368. 28-39. 


422. 28 ra. 32 4-15 sec. 


358. 113*£ yds. 


423. 7,000,000,0 0.0001. 


370. 52-91. 


424. 649,084. 


371. 560. 


425. 6 da. 6 h. 48 m. 48 sec. 


372. 18 7-24. 


426. $1473. 


373. $23,123. 


427. $1540. 


374. 640 stones. 


428. $1.50. ; 


375. 1-1250. 


429. $27.30. 


37", .00375. 


430, 'd% oz. 


377. 97 21-32 cds. 


431. 13248. 


378. 5 805-1089. 


432. 503. 


379. .8890625. 


433. 20,000,000,207,600,006,059. 


380. 13-25. 


434, £».M, 000,000, 000,31?, 


381. $10.08. 


435. 23,716,893. [010. 


382. 1 1-ti or 21-32' 


436. MDCCCVII. 


383. 72 yds. 


437. 198485. 



r,4 



KEY TO REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



4:38. 


8603497. 


439. 


3,3,7, 11, 13. 


440. 


4. 


441. 


3530. 


443. 


(140, 56, 105, 450)— 310. 


443; 


$300 50-63. 


444. 


5-63. 


445. 


15 tables. 


446. 


$75.30. 


447. 


$31.50. 


44S. 


40 cords. 


449. 


350000.1. 


450. 


S83.33X. 


451. 


3338.30. 


453. 


$9000. 


453. 


$1781.10. 


454. 


£7, 13s. 


455. 


$316. 


456. 


3.56. 


457. 


204631624S6135. 


458. 


57059090047. 


459. 


15657. 


460. 


500710930089. 


461. 


836888543. 


463. 


787891X sq. ft. 


463. 


365 14 da. 


464. 


7 S. 36° 45' 57" [11.9835 


465. 


1 1 T. 19 cwt. 3 qr. 15 lbs. 


466- 


3, 5, 11, 11, 11. 


467. 


840. 


468. 


11-16. 


469. 


(16, 34, 13, 9, 6, 3)— 36. 


470. 


3 1-34. 


471. 


8 33-99. 


473 


1-10080. 


473. 


$3394.73. 


474. 


.100001305. 


475. 


.4375. 


476. 


$39.45. 


477. 


$430,360 plus. 


478. 


$4.39, or $5,005. 


479. 


308 miles. 


480. 


4879. 


481. 


MDCCCLXXIII. 


483. 


900S00700W. 


484. 


5586. 


485. 


$15,589,313. 


486. 


14° 54' 44" 


4S7. 


6 d. 6 h. 46 min. 48 sec. 


488. 


$83,033 \< or $83 1-30. 


4K!). 


96 83-33. 


490. 


336. 


•191. 


(39, 34, 477;— 54. 


492. 


1534M lbs. 



493. 


34 yds. 


494. 


31780 ft. 


495. 


$378.74. 


496. 


49 min. 


497. 


$85.80. 


498. 


$63.11 % ■ 


499. 


$18.083X. 


500 


1750 bullets. 


501. 


43 days. 


503. 


13348. 


503. 


503. 


504. 


1440. . 


505. 


39 H-15. 


506. 


4 139-140. 


507. 


70 1-5.- 


508. 


.3. 


509. 


38-39. 


510. 


9 oz. 15 pwt. 18 gr 


511. 


.6 week. 


513. 


$3648. 


513. 


$93.75. 


514. 


53 per cent. 


515. 


$111.11. 


516. 


9 3-5 acres. 


517. 


$53,66%. 


518. 


9 per cent. 


T.519. 


$1473. 


or530. 


$330. 


531. 


$465.71. 


533. 


$63.3669. 


533. 


$3315.53. 


534. 


$935,55. 


535. 


$90.09. 


536. 


$90,875. 


537. 


$44.90. 


538. 


$59.35. 


539. 


180. 


530. 


5-13. 


531. 


.00008. 


533. 


$45.73. 


533. 


$835,417. 


534. 


7 yds. 


535. 


5H ft, 


536. 


.0000195313-). 


537. 


73:25.93738. 


538. 


3-9. 


539. 


9 h. 38 min. 4.8 set 


540. 


IX per cent. 


541. 


51.80 plus. 


543. 


$54,384 plus. 


543. 


$15ti3.5(J4. 


5-14. 


304. 


515. 


.1615 plus. 


540. 


$339.65. 



KEY TO REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



55 



547. $30.0375. 

548. $27.75. 

549. $.31716. 

550. $12(34.048 plus. 

551. 2 y. (i mo. 

552. 18 men. 

553. 61849716.060223. 

554. 24 11-25. 

555. $39000. 

556. 6 h. 17 min. A. M. 

557. 31 127-128. 

558. 96 acres. 

559. $59.25 25-27. 

560. 12)4 per cent. 

561. 9 oz. 6 pwt. 16 gr. 

562. $88.49. 

563. 6 per cent. 

564. $179,245 plus. 

565. $465.71 plus. 

566. $58.4929 plus. 

567. 14 ft. 

568. 2940. ft. 

569. 207.75. 

570. 12 35-69. 

571. 48. 

572. $10.50. 

573. 190 2-9 miles. 
$32,418. 
37 ft. 6 in. 
73 in. 

577. 667.50496. 

578. 76.828983. 
.001598. 
19 62-175. 
2-17. 
$1 4-15. 

2, 3, 3, 3, 5, 5, 7, 13. 
15. 
1176. 
$49.0995. 
.019084 23-28. 
19 m. 38.038 sec. 

594. $297.50. 

595. $1696.752. 

596. 1051. 

597. 16% h. 

598. 192 sheep. 

599. 1 cent. 

600. $60,375. 

601. 3.073,134. 
$2001. 

40824 peaches. 
7 cheeses. 
10 31-195. 



o74. 
575. 
576. 



57 

580. 

581. 

582. 
583. 
584. 
585. 
586. 
587. 



602 
603. 
604. 
605. 



606. 


$31.40%. 


607. 


1.513. 


608. 


.OOOIS. 


009. 


.0015980. 


(510. 


$6.77. 


611. 


.2340 plus. 


612. 


1920 times. 


613. 


$00.18. 


618. 


m yds. 


619. 


17 7-25 days. 


620. 


9 dozen eggs. 


621. 


2 per cent. 


622. 


$277.50. 


623. 


$989.50. 


624. 


145 1-5 years or 66. 


625. 


2997. 


626. 


$15.98. 


627. 


51-6, 


628. 


$60.25. 


629. 


.0301965. 


630. 


6 lbs. 3 oz. 


631. 


7,948,800 sec. 


832. 


ISA. 


633. 


. <*wO ob. 


634. 


11% per cent. 


635. 


$39.53. 


636. 


$5.36861 1-9. 


637. 


$289,532^. 


638. 


$36. 


639. 


$2,583%. 


640. 


$33; $48. 


641. 


20.4. 


612. 


3456 gallons. 


643. 


6 days. 


644. 


$16.20. 


645. 


6415 1-5 bricks. 


646. 


$216. 


647. 


6 147-623 per cent. 


648. 


$15.20. 


649. 


42567000120301. 


650. 


946065750. 


652. 


10,560 steps. 


654. 


1-32. 


656. 


59.871298. 


657. 


2.00000006. 


658. 


.0112. 


659. 


2.136525. 


660. 


.2. 


661. 


$958.60. 


662. 


.06561. 


664. 


7 1-9. 


065. 


282.005. 


666. 


47 cubic inches. 


667. 


$98.1916%. 



56 KEY TO REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



668. 3125-32768. 680. $222 36-27 or $333,968-27. 

669. $8.9375. 681. .0301965. 

670. $3648. 682. $114.75. 

671. 8 h. 53 rain. p. m. 683. 36 6-19 per cent. 

672. .1-498. 684. $29.70. 

673. 60 miles. 685. $15600. 

674. $225 686. 36000 times. 

675. 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 20,687. $99. 

21, 22, 24 25, 26, 27, 28, 30,688. Aujy. 25. 1875. 
32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40.689. $484.76. 

676. 72. 690. 333£. 

677. 3 31-73 or 5 15-47 691. 225 ft. 

678. 3 h. 13 rain. 40 sec. P. m. 692. 2 ft. 10>£ in. 

679. .030625. 




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56 KEY TO REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



668. 3125-33768. 680. $222 26-37 or $322,968-27. 

669. $8.0375. 681. .0301965. 

670. $3648. 682. $114.75. 

671. 8 h. 53 rain. P. M. 683. 36 6-19 per cent. 

672. .1498. 684. $29.70. 

673. 60 miles. 685. $15600. 

674. $225 686. 36000 times. 

675. 1, 2, 3. 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 20,687. $99. 

21, 22, 24 25, 26, 27, 28, 30.688. Aug-. 25, 1875. 

32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40.689. $484.76. 

676. 72. 690. 32^. 

677. 3 31-73 or 5 15-47 691. 225 ft. 

678. 3 h. 13 min. 40 sec. P. m. 692. 2 ft. 10>; in. 

679. .030625. 




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THE 

REGENTS' QUESTIONS, 
1866-1876. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



To tlie Teacliei*. 

The first paragraphs attached to the questions in 
Geography appeared at the Tenth Examination, when 
these were appended : 

(1) Do you conscientiously declare, that, prior to 
this examination, you had no knowledge of the ques- 
tions, and that you have neither given to any other 
scholar, nor received from any source, aid in answer- 
ing them? If so, write at the end of your list of an- 
swers the words, / do, and subscribe your name. 

The committee must reject papers not bearing this 
declaration. 

At the Thirteenth Examination, the last two sen- 
tences read : 

If so. write / do, at the end of your list of answers, 
and subscribe your name. Paper* not bearing this 
declaration must be rejected. 



58 THE REGEKTS' questions. 



At the Fourteenth Examination, the words, sub- 
scribe your name, were italicised. 

At the Seventeenth Examination, the words " any 
of" were prefixed to "them," and the last two sen- 
tences read : 

If so, write in the next line after your set of an- 
swers, near the right side of the paper, the words 

'*/ do so declare," 
and directly underneath this subscribe your name. 

fSITPapers not bearing this declaration and signa- 
ture must be rejected. 

From the Eighteenth to tiie Twenty-first Examina- 
tions, this last clause was omitted. At the Twenty- 
second and Twenty-third it read : 

Any set of papers lacking this declaration and sig- 
nature will of course be disallowed. 

Since the Twenty-fourth, it has read : 

Every set of papers lacking this full declaration 
and signature, however satisfactory in other respects, 
will be rejected, on the presumption that the required 
declaration could not conscientiously be made. 

(2) At the Eleventh and Twelfth Examinations, 
special directions were given as to certain questions. 
Committees were permitted to accept answers to Q. s 
25S, 272, 273 and 27-t, respectively, provided not more 
than one of the several answers in each was incorrect. 

(3) At the Thirteenth to Seventeenth Examinations, 
and at the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth, this par- 
agraph was prefixed : 

CJTErrors in spelling are to be carefully avoided. 

(4) Since the Thirteenth Examination, this para- 
graph has been appended : 

fJiTFold your paper in proper form for filing, and 
endorse it with the name of the institution, your own 
name, and the subject and date of the examination. 



THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 59 



(i, 1.) GEOGKAPHY. 

First Regents' Examination, Nero. 7, 18GG. 
(9:00— 10:30 A. M.) 

1. Mention the grand divisions of the earth, and 
state within which hemispheres (northern or southern, 
and eastern or western) each is principally included. 

2. Give a similar statement in relation to the sev- 
eral oceans. 

3. Describe the equator, the tropics, and the polar 
circles. 

4. Define latitude and longitude. 

5. Name the several zones, and state within or 
between what circles each is included. 

6. Illustrate the relative positions of the equator, 
tropics, polar circles, and zones, by a small circular 
diagram similar to an outline map of a hemisphere. 

7. Mention the three largest islands of the globe 
(excepting the so-called continents,) in the order of 
their size. 

8. What bay and strait separate British America 
from Greenland V 

9. What parallel of latitude forms the northern 
boundary of the United States from the Lake of the 
Woods to the Gulf of Georgia? 

10. What is the capital of Canada, and how is it 
situated? 

11. What strait connects Lake Huron and Lake 
Michigan ? 

12. What is the capital of California? 

13. W r hat river forms part of the boundary between 
New York and Pennsylvania? 

14. Name and describe the largest river within the 
state of Virginia. 

15. Which are the three largest of the West India 
Islands ? 

16. Where and what is Terra del Fuego? 

17. Mention the countries comprised in the British 
Isles. 

18. What strait separates Spam from* Africa? 

19. What mountains between Norway and Sweden? 



60 THE KEGENTS" QUESTIONS. 

20. What large river of Russia empties into the 
Black Sea ? 

21. What mountains form the boundary line be- 
tween China and Hindoostan ? 

22. Where is the empire of Japan, and of what 
does it consist ? 

23 Is the greater part of Africa north or south of 
the equator? Repres nt the shape of Africa by a 
small outline map, and draw a line acro-s it to cor- 
respond to the position of the equator. 

24. Where is the island of St Helena? (Nearest 
which grand division, in what ocean, and hemispheres, 
and in about what latitude and longitude ?) 



(II. 5.) GEOGKAPHY. 

Seco7id Regents Examination. Feb. 28, 1867. 
(9:00-10:30 A. m) 

25. Define Circles of Longitude. 

26. What countries of the globe are crossed by the 
Arctic Circle ? 

27. What is the longitude of N. Y. City, reckoning 
from Greenwich ? (The minutes and seconds are not 
required). 

28. Which of the United States have no sea coast? 
29 Through what state does the Mississippi river flow 

30. On what waters may one sail from New York to 
Philadelphia ? 

31. What river connects Lake Superior with Lake 
Huron ? 

32. What river rises in the western part of North 
Carolina and flows into the Ohio ? 

33. In what direction is the Isthmus of Darien from 
the mouth of the Orinoco ? 

34. What countries of South America are crossed 
by the Equator ? 

35. Name the three largest rivers of South America. 

36. What countries of Europe border on the Med- 
iterranean Sea? 

37. Describe the river Rhine? 

38. What is the capital of Prussia ? 

39. What range of mountains in Austria ? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 61 

40. Describe the river Rhone . 

41. Where is Calcutta situated ?- 

42. Where is Mt, Sinai? 

43. What strait at the eastern extremity of Siberia ? 

44 . What is the capital of Japan ? 

45. Describe the river Niger ? 

46. In what direction do the Mountains of the 
Moon extend ? 

47. What is the largest island of Oceanica ? 

48. In what Zone is the Cape of Good Hope ? 
Any pupil who has the requisite time, may show 

by a small diagram, the relative position of lines of 
latitude and longitude on a map of the northern hem- 
isphere. 

(ill, 9) GEOGEAPHY. 

Third Regents' Examination, June 13, 1867. 
(9:00— 10:30 a. m.) 

49. In what part of the world is the point of no 
latitude and no longitude, (reckoning longitude from 
Greenwich ? ) 

50. What is the width, in degrees, ofeach temperate 
zone ? 

51. How can we determine, by a map, the line or 
ridge of high land, called a water-shed, which divides 
a country into opposite slopes ? 

52. What are the two principal water-sheds of the 
United States ? 

53. What three large cities of North America are 
located near the 20th, 30th and 40th degrees of north 
latitude, respectively ? 

54. On what parallel of latitude is the boundary 
of New York, from Lake Champlain to the river St. 
Lawrence ? 

55. What parallel of latitude forms the boundary 
between Virginia and North Carolina ? 

56. What parallel forms the northern boundary of 
Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi ? 

57. What four states border on Lake Michigan ? 

58. How is Alabama bounded? 

59. What river flows into the northern extremity of 



62 THE KEGENTS* QUESTIONS. 

the gulf of California? 

GO. What country occupies the north-western extrem- 
ity of South America ? 

61. What country of South America has no sea 
coast ? 

62. What three great rivers of Europe rise in the 
Alps and where do each of them empty ? 

63. What mountain range passes through the whole 
length of Italy ? 

64. Into what sea does the river Elbe empty ? 

65. What countries occupy the Scandinavian penin- 
sula ? 

66. What strait separates England from France ? 

67. What three peninsulas on the southern border of 
Europe ? 

68. What other continent has also three large penin- 
sulas on its southern border, and what are their names? 

65*. What is the general direction of peninsulas in 
any continent ? 

70. What large city is situated at the mouth of the 
Ganges ? 

71. What gulf in the north-western part of the Ked 
Sea? 

72. What country of Africa borders on the strait of 
Gibraltar ? 



(IV, 13.) GEOGKAPHY. 

Fourth Regent)? Examination, Nov. 7, 1867. 
(9:00— 10:30 a. m.) 

73. What is the amount of the greatest longitude? 

74. What bay west of Greenland? 

75. What parallels of latitude form parts of the 
northern boundary of the United States? 

76. What river forms part of the northeastern 
boundary of the United States? 

77. What lake between lake Huron and lake Erie ? 

78. What states are separated by the Wabash river? 

79. What is the outlet of Lake Champlain? 

80. On what river is Rochester situated ? 

81. Of what river is the Juniata a branch? 



THE regents' questions. 63 



82. What two ranges of mountains in Virginia? 

83. What peninsula forms the south part of Greece? 

84. What is the capital of Prussia? 

85. Describe the Rhine. 

86. Describe the Danube. 

87. On what river is Paris situated? 

88. What large sea north of Prussia? 

89. In what zone is the greater part of Asia? 

9 r ). What mountains between China and Hin- 
doostan ? 

91. Describe the river Ganges ? 

92. What sea between Arabia and Hindoostan ? 

93. What two large islands on the Equator south 
east of Asia? 

94. What are the two largest rivers in Africa? 

95. What large island east of Africa? 

96. What group of islands west of Morocco? 



(V, 17,) GEOGRAPHY. 

Fifth Regents' Examination, Feb. 20, 1868. 
(9:30— 10:30 a. M.) 

97. Which extends further south — the Old World 
or the New ? 

98. In what Zone are the most highly civilized 
nations ? 

99. What connects the Pacific with the Arctic Ocean? 

100. What change in temperature occurs in going 
from the base of a high mountain towards its sum- 
mit ? 

101. What is the largest river flowing into Hudson's 
Bay? 

102. What large city on the western coast of the 
United States ? 

103. Which of the New England States has the 
highest mountains ? 

104. What lake is crossed by the northern bound- 
ary of Vermont ? 

105. What mountains in the northern part of the 
State of New York ? 



64 THE regents' questions. 

106. What city in Delaware at the mouth of the 
Delaware River ? 

107. On which side of the Mississippi is the greater 
part of Louisiana ? 

108. Why has South America no large rivers flow- 
ing westward ? 

10'J. What is the only country lying wholly on the 
western slope of the Andes ? 

110. What islands east of the southern extremity 
of South America ? 

111. What is the south-western point of England 
called ? 

112. What two large lakes south-west of the White 
Sea? 

113. What larsre river flows through Austria ? 
111. What sea^east of Italy ? 

115. What waters between the Grecian Archipelago 
and the Black Sea ? 

116. What waters are connected by the strait of 
Babelmandeb ? 

117. What peninsula between the Yellow Sea and 
the sea of Japan ? 

118. What important country of Asia consists of 
islands only ? 

11!). What country on the Mediterranean next west 
of Egypt ? 

120. What cape forms the most eastern point of 
Africa ? 



(VI, 21,) GEOGRAPHY. 

Sixth Regents' Examination, June 4, 1868. 
(9:00—10:30 A. M.) 

121. In what direction does the Gulf Stream flow? 

122. What large island east of the Gulf of St. 
Lawrence ? 

123. What island at mouth of river St. Lawrence? 
224. Which thirteen of the United States border 

on the Atlantic Ocean? 

125. What is the highest peak of the White Moun- 
tains ? 



THE regents' questions. 65 

126. What island at the mouth of the Hudson, 
between New Jersey and Long Island? 

127. What large bay in the State of Maryland? 

128. What mountains separate the States of Vir- 
ginia and West Virginia? 

129. On what river is the capital of Tennessee 
situated ? 

130. What States are separated by the Sabine river? 

131. Which is further west, New Orleans or Lima? 

132. In what latitude is the mouth of the Amazon? 

133. What divisions of South America border on 
the Pacific ocean? 

134 What are the three great rivers of South 
America ? 

135. Which is the further north, Paris or Quebec ? 

136. What is the capital of Denmark? 

137. Which is the largest lake in Europe? 

138. What river flows into the Gulf of Lyons? 

139. Through what waters would a vessel pass in 
going from New Orleans to Smyrna? 

140. In what direction do the trade winds blow? 

141. In what latitude is the Strait of Gibralter? 

142. What is the capital of Persia? 

143. What mountains in the northern part of Africa ? 

144. Which is the largest of the Sandwich Islands? 



(VII, 25,) GEOGRAPHY. 

Seventh Regents' Examination, Nov. 12, 1868. 
(9:00—10:30 A. m.) 

145. What is meant by small circles of a sphere ? 

146. What does the eastern continent comprise? 

147. Which is the smallest of the United States? 

148. What States bound Florida on the north? 

149. What States bound Wisconsin on the west? 

150. Name three of the western branches of the 
Mississippi river? 

151. Between what States does the Connecticut 
river flow? 

152. In what direction is Montreal from Quebec? 

153. What two large peninsulas in Mexico? 



66 THE EEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

154. In what direction is Buenos Ay res from Rio 
De Janeiro? 

155. What is the capital of Turkey? 

156. What important seaport in the south of France? 
. 157. What island south of Hindoostan? 

158. What large desert in the Chinese Empire? 

159. What mountains between Siberia and the 
Chinese Empire? 

160. Is Liberia in north or south latitude? 

161. What circle bounds the torrid zone on the 
north? 

162. Describe the Antarctic circle? 

163. Between what grand divisions is the Atlantic 
Ocean ? 

161. Which is the largest lake of fresh water on 
the globe? 

165. Which is the largest inland sea? 

166. What is the latitude of Washington city 
(degrees only ?) 

167. What is the longitude of New York city 
(degrees only?) 

168. By what waters may a vessel pass from Provi- 
dence, R. I. , to Nashville, Tenn. ? 



(VIII, 29,) GEOGRAPHY. 

Eighth Regents' Examination, Feb. 18, 1869. 
(9:00— 10:30 a. m.) 

169. How many degrees from the equator is the 
Arctic Circle? 

170. By what circles is the South Temperate Zone 
bounded ? 

171. Why do degrees of longitude vary in length 
at different places on the earth's surface? 

172. In which state is the geographical centre of 
the United States? 

173. Which State extends further north, Maine or 
Minnesota? 

171. Which State extends further south, Florida or 
Texas? 

175. Mention the capitals of the Middle states. 



THE regents' questions. 67 

176. Bound the state of Missouri. 

177. Trace the water communication between 
Chicago and Pittsburgh. 

178. To what European government does Cuba 
belong ? 

179. What is the capital of Venezuela? 

180 What large river empties into the Atlantic 
near Buenos Ay res? 

181. What waters separate England and Ireland? 

182. By what route could a vessel sail from Mar- 
seilles to St. Petersburgh? 

188. What is the capital of Austria, and where is it 
situated? 

184. On what river is the city of Borne located? 

185. In what zone is Iceland? 

186. What large island near the eastern extremity 
of the Mediterranian Sea? 

187. Into what does the river Indus empty? 

188. What is the general direction of the rivers of 
China? 

189. What bodies of water does the isthmus of 
Suez separate? 

190. What countries of Africa border on the Medi- 
terranean Sea? 

191. Describe the Mozambique Channel. 

192. In what zone does the highest civilization 
exist? 



(IX, 33, ) GEOGRAPHY. 

Ninth Regents' Examination, June 10, 1869. 
(9:00— 10:30 A. M.) 

193. What two revolutions does the earth perform ? 

194. What do each of these revolutions produce ? 

195. What is meant by the cardinal point*? 

196. Which one of the five zones has more land 
surface than any other ? 

197. In which zone are volcanoes most numerous? 

198. Why are there few lakes in the torrid zone ? 

199. Which is the longest mountain system of the 
globe ? 



68 THE regents' questions. 

200. Which grand division is crossed by both the 
tropica] circles? 

201. AVhat is the general direction of the longest 
right line that can be drawn across the eastern con- 
tinent? 

202. Which of the grand divisions are peninsulas '? 

203. What river has its basin in the southern part 
of the great central plain of South America ? 

204. What group of islands between North and 
South America ? 

205. What island north-west of Europe, partly in 
the western hemisphere ? 

206 What large river of the United States flows 
into the Pacific Ocean ? 

207. Which is the largest western branch of the 
Mississippi river ? 

208. Which is the largest branch of the Ohio river ? 

209. Which of the thirty- seven United States ex- 
tends farthest north ? 

210. Which of the United States is intersected by 
the Mississippi river ? 

211. What river bounds Iowa on the west ? 

212. What city of Wisconsin is situated on Lake 
Michigan ? 

213. What island in the Niagara river ? 

214. What sea between Russia and Sweden ? 

215. What is the capital of Holland? 

216. Which of the five races of men is the most 
numerous? 



(X, 40,) GEOGRAPHY. 

Tenth Regents' Examination, Nov. 12, 1869. 
(9:00—10:30 A. M.J 

217. How must a place be situated to be in north 
latitude ? 

218. How must a place be situated to be in east 
longitude ? 

219. How many seasons has the torrid zone? 

220. Where are the richest silver mines of the 
globe? 

221. Into what races are mankind divided? 



THE regents' questions. 69 

222. What grand divisions lie wholly north of the 
equator? 

223. What two gulfs of North America are crossed 
by the Tropic of Cancer? 

224 Where is the Tropic of Cancer most nearly 
approached by the United States? 

225. What large river in the western part of the 
United States has its source in British America? 

226. In what mountains does the Hudson River rise? 

227. What river forms part of the boundary 
between New York and Pennsylvania? 

228. What river empties into the head of Chesa- 
peake Bay? 

229. Through what t vo states does the Chesapeake 
Bay extend? 

230. What two rivers receive the waters of all the 
streams of Iowa? 

231. Of what division of South America is the 
Isthmus of Panama a part? 

232. Along what three rivers are the principal low- 
land plains of South America? 

233. Is the greater part of Brazil in north or in 
south latitude? 

234. What range of mountains forms a natural 
boundary between France an i Spain ? 

235. What noted river of Europe empties into the 
North Sea? 

236. Into what sea do all the rivers of South Russia 
empty? 

237. What sea is between England and Denmark? 

238. What important gi-oup of islands east of the 
Chinese Empire? 

239. In what country of Asia is Mt. Ararat? 

240. In what zones is Africa? 

(XI, 44.; GEOGEAPHY. 

Eleventh Regents Examination, Feb. 18, 1870. 
(9:00— 10:30 a.m.) 

241. What oceans border on the Eastern Continent? 

242. Between which two grand divisions has the 
Atlantic Ocean its greatest breadth? 



70 THE regents' questions. 



24:3. How many English miles from the equator is 
a place that is ten degrees north of it? 

244. What grand divisions are crossed by the me- 
ridian of Greenwich? 

. 245. Is Australia in east or in west longitude, reck- 
oning from Greenwich? 

246. In which zone is the southern extremity of 
South America? 

247. Which one of the United States lying wholly 
east of the meridian of Washington has no ocean 
coast? 

248. What States border on Pennsylvania? 

249. Which one of the United States consists of 
two peninsulas? 

250. How is Kansas bounded on the north? 

251. What is the chief town of Nova Scotia? 

252. What two large peninsulas in Mexico? 

253. In what mountains does the Amazon river rise? 

254. Between what two rivers is Paraguay situated? 

255. What country occupies the southern extremity 
of South America? 

256. What sea between Russia and Sweden? 

257. What five countries of Europe border on the 
Mediterranean Sea? 

258. Which are the five great powers of Europe? 

259. What country bounds Greece on the north? 

260. What is the name of the principal desert of 
Asia? 

261. What is the capital of Persia? 

262. What large bay east of Hindoostan? 

263. In what zone or zones is the Sahara desert? 

264. What large gulf on the western coast of Africa 
near the equator? 



(XII, 48.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Twelfth Regents' Examination, June 10, 1870. 
(9:00— 10:30 A. M.) 

265. Which extends f rrther east ; the United States 
or Brazil? 

266. Which is the more westerly ; Cape Horn or 
Cape St Lucas? 



THE KEGENTs' QUESTIONS. 71 



267. Which ocean has the greater breadth ; the 
Atlantic between South America and Africa, or the 
Indian, between Africa and Australia? 

268. In what zones is Australia situated? 

269. What large bay east of Lake Huron and north 
of Lake Erie? 

270. What bodies of water are connected by the 
Welland Canal? 

271. Prove that Lake Superior is (<>r is not) more 
elevated than the Atlantic Ocean? 

272. Mention any sea or lake upon the globe whose 
surface is lower than the surface of the ocean ? 

278 Mention all the States bordering upon Illinois? 

274. In sailing up the Mississippi River from its 
mouth to the latitude of Chicago, what States or parts 
of States might you see upon the eastern shore? 

275. Which are the so-called "Gulf States,-" or, 
what States border upon the^Gulf of Mexico? 

276. Which is the highest mountain in New 
England? 

277. What large river east of and nearly parallel to 
the Hudson River? 

278 Between what two rivers is Philadelphia situated 

279. Mention o: e of the three large rivers of Vir- 
ginia, south of and nearly parallel to the Potomac, 
and emptying into the Chesapeake Bay? 

280. On which coast of Cuba, the northern or the 
southern, is Havana, the capital, situated? 

281. What large river flows through Venezuela? 

282. What two large rivers unite to form the Rio 
de la Plata ? 

283. What country of Europe partly encompasses 
the White Sea? 

2*4. What country of Europe is situated between 
the Adriatic and a part of the Mediterranean Seas ? 

28o. What range of mountains extends from the 
Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean Sea? 

286. In what directum from China is the China Sea? 

287. What is the capital of Japan? 

288. What large lakd of Africa on or near the 
ecpiator, at the head of the river Nile? 



72 THE BEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

(XIII, 52.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Thirteenth Regents' 1 Examination, Nov. 11, 1870. 
(9:00—10:30 a. m ) 

289. Which part of North America has the greatest 
longitude (i. e , extends farthest west) ? 

290 Which zone contains the largest number of 
islands? 

291. Which has the greater circumference: the 
Tropic of Saucer or the 30° circle of latitude? 

292. In what direction is the Caribbean Sea from 
the Gulf of Mexico ? 

293. Is the Sea of Kamtchatka in the Eastern or in 
the Western Hemisphere? 

294. In what latitude is the mouth of the Amazon 
river? 

29">, Mention a large gulf, or a bay, in North Amer- 
ica, so nearly sm*rounde<l by land as to be almost a 
mediterranean or inland sea. 

29(>. What is the name of the outlet of Lake Huron? 

297. Mention some of the U. S. territories which is 
traversed by the Rooky mountain range. 

298. Which of the United States border on the 
Pacific Ocean? 

299. Which extends further north — the gulf of 
Mexico or the Gulf of California? 

300. Mention one of the United States which has 
more than one capital city. 

301. What state is indented by the Narraganset 
Bay? 

302. Which two New England states have a joint 
river margin or boundary V 

303. To what state do Nantucket and Martha's Vine- 
yard belong? 

3"4. What river is crossed thiee times by the south- 
ern boundary of the state of New York? 

305 Which one of the Middle States is nearly sur- 
rounded by water (sea coast and river) ? 

306. Which of the United States border on Lake 
Superior? 



the regents' questions. 7: 1 

307. What large river of Europe empties into the 
Caspian Sea? 

308. What large river empties into the Black Sea 
from the west? 

309. What large river of France empties into the 
Mediterranean Sea? 

310. In what direction is Moscow from St. Peters- 
burgh ? 

311. What is the capital of China? 

812. What mountain range between China and 
Siberia? 



(XIV, 55.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Fourteenth Regents Examination, Feb. 24, 1871. 
(9:00—10:30 a. m. ) 

313. What is the axis of the earth? 

314. AVhich grand divisions are parti// within the 
Southern hemisphere ? 

315. Which two grand divisions are traversed 
throughout their entire length by a continuous moun- 
tain range? 

316. Which is the highest mountain peak of North 
America? 

317. What large island east of the Gulf of St. 
Lawrence ? 

318. What large river forms the greater part of the 
joint boundary of Oregon and Washington territory)? 

319. Mention eight cities in the State of New York. 

320. What lake lies between Lake Champlain and 
the head waters of the Hudson river? 

321. What river forms the entire eastern boundary 
of Pennsylvania ? 

322. What states are bounded on the south by the 
Ohio river ? 

323. What large lake in Central America? 

324. What four islands form the group known as 
the Greater Antilles? 

325. Mention eight of the twelve countries of S. 
America. 

326. Which one of these countries is traversed by 
the Orinoco river? 



74 THE regents' questions. 



327. What country of South America has no sea- 
coast " 5 

32s On what river of France is Paris situated ? 

329. What large bay west of France ? 

330. What range of mountains extends from the 
Black to the Caspian sea? 

331. Mention four seas in and around Russia. 

332. To what European power does Australia be- 
long? 

333. In what zone is the greater part of Siberia ? 

334. What inland gulf lies between the Arabian 
sea and the eastern end of the Mediterranean? 

335. What strait separates Morocco from Europe ': 

336. What large river flows into the gulf of Guinea ? 



(XV. 59.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Fifteenth Regents' Examination, June 9, 1871. 
(9:00—10:30 a. m.) 

337. Mention the grand divisions of the Earth, and 
state within which hemispheres (northern or southern, 
and eastern or western) Asia is principally included. 

338. Give a similar statement in relation to the hemi- 
spheres within which the Indian Ocean is included. 

339. Describe the equator, the tropics and the polar 
circles. 

340. Define latitude and longitude. 

341. Name the several zones, and state within or 
between what circles each is included. 

342. Illustrate the relative positions of the equator, 
tropics, polar circles, and zones, by a small diagram 
similar to an outline map of a hemisphere, and letter 
each of these parts of the diagram. 

343. What is the width, in degrees, of each tempe- 
rate zone? 

344. What bay and strait separate British America 
from Greenland ? 

345. What parallel of latitude forms the northern 
boundary of the United States from the Lake of the 
Woods to the gulf of Georgia ? 



THE REGENTS 1 QUESTIONS. 75 



34:6. What is the capital of the Dominion of Canada, 
and where is it situated ? 

347. What strait connects Lake Huron with Lake 
Michigan ? 

34:8. What is the capital of California ? 

349. What river forms part of the boundary between 
Maryland and Virginia? 

350. Mention and describe the largest river within 
the United States. 

351. Which are the three largest of the West India 
Islands ? 

352. Where and what is Terra del Fuego ? 

353. Mention the countries comprised in the British 
Isles. 

354. What separates Spain from Morocco ? 

355. What mountains between Norway and Sweden ? 

356. What large river empties into the Black Sea 
from the west? 

357. What mountains between the Chinese Empire 
and Hindoostan? 

358. Where is the empire of Japan, and of what 
does it consist ? 

359. Is the greater part of Africa north or south of 
the equator ? Represent the shape of Africa by a small 
outline map, and draw a line across it to show the 
position of the equator. 

360. Where is the island of St. Helena ? (Nearest 
which grand division, in what ocean, and hemi- 
spheres) ? 



(XVI, 63.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Sixteenth Regents' Examination, Nov. 10, 1871. 
(9:00— 10:30 a. M.) 

361. Bound the South Temperate Zone. 

362. What is the latitude of the northern boundary 
of Vermont? 

363. Mention all the grand divisions which lie 
partly in the North Temperate Zone. 

364. What noted group of islands in the Pacific 
Ocean west of Mexico ? 



76 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

365. What grand division would be reached in sail- 
ing east from Australia ? 

366. What gulf on the Pacific coast of the western 
hemisphere ? 

367. What five large lakes are drained by the river 
St. Lawrence ? 

368. Mention three tributaries of the Mississippi 
river, from the west. 

360. On what river is the city of Hartford situated? 

370. What river rises in western Massachusetts 
and flows through Connecticut ? 

371. In what mountains does the Hudson river rise? 

372. Which of the U. States border on Lake Erie ? 

373. Which States bound North Carolina and 
Tennessee on the south f 

374. What is the capital of California? 

375. What city on in island in the St. Lawrence 
opposite the mouth of the Ottawa river ? 

376. Into what four provinces is the Dominion of 
Canada divided ? 

377. What country of South America bounds Peru 
on the north ? 

378. What country of South America is an Empire? 

37'J. What two large seas lie between the British 
Isles and the central part of Russia ? 

380. What name is given to the peninsula between 
the Mediterranean and the Black seas ? 

381. What two rivers empty into the Persian Gulf? 

382. What mountain range extends southward from 
Abyssinia ? 

383. Which grand division has the warmest average 
climate? 

384. What continent lies wholly in the Southern 
hemisphere? 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 77 

(XVII, 67.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Seventeenth Regents' Examination, Feb. 28, 1872. 

(9:00— 10:30A. M.) 

385. Which is the larger ; Africa or South Amer- 
ica? 

386. Which ocean is entirely within the eastern 
hemisphere ? 

387. What three oceans are partly within the South 
Temperate Zone ? 

388. In what direction is Madagascar from Aus- 
tralia ? 

389. What two large islands of the eastern hemi- 
sphere are crossed by the equator ? 

390. Which ocean receives the largest amount of 
water from the continental river systems? 

391. In what direction is the mouth of the Amazon 
from the mouth of the Mississippi ? 

392. What city is located on the Boston and Albany 
railroad at its intersection with the I onnecticut river? 

393. Mention five lakes lying wholly within the 
state of New York. 

391. What city is situated in the south-western part 
of Pennsylvania ? 

395. Is Philadelphia in east or in west longitude 
(reckoning from Washington) ? 

396. What is the capital of Alabama ? 

397. What states bound Florida on the north? 

398. What large bay is located on the western bor- 
der of Lake Huron? 

399. What great lake borders on Minnesota? 

100. Which are the two largest rivers that emjDty 
into the Gulf of Mexico ? 

101. What is the capital of Brazil ? 

102. What country of South America is traversed 
by the Orinoco river ? 

403. Which extends farther south ; Norway or 
Sweden ? 

101. Mention four large islands of the Mediterra- 
nean sea? 

405. Of what country is Vienna the capital? 



78 THE regents' questions. 

406. What channel between Ireland and Wales? 

407. Near what river and bay is Calcutta situated 

408. In what direction is New York city from the 
North Pole? 



(XVIII, 71.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Eighteenth Regents' Examination, June 7, 1872. 
(9:00—10:30 A. M.) 

409. How are the Arctic and Pacific Oceans con- 
nected ? 

410. On which hemisphere (eastern or western.) is 
the meridian 170 deg. east longitude from Greenwich? 

411. Is New Zealand in the eastern or western hem- 
isphere ? 

412. Mention a river of North America that flows 
in a northerly direction. 

413. Mention one of the rivers of Maine. 

414. How many square miles in the State of New 
York (in round numbers ? 

415. Which State has the larger territory ; New 
York or California ? 

416. What is the population of the State of New 
York (in round numbers ?) 

417. How many counties are there in New York 
State? 

418. Which county of New York extends farthest 
east? 

419. What State bounds Kansas on the east ? 

420. What is the capital of Illinois ? 

421. What States would be crossed in passing 
direct from Indiana to Alabama ? 

422. Mention any one of the United States which 
has no sea or lake coast ? 

423. Mention a tributary of the Missouri river. 

424. Mention one of the peninsulas adjacent to the 
Gulf of Mexico. 

425. Which is nearer the equator ; Cuba or Jamai- 
ca? 

426. What country bounds the Argentine Confed- 
eration on the north? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 79 



427. What large river of Colombia, S. A., empties 
into the Caribbean Sea? 

428. What large sea is situated about midway 
between the Adriatic and Caspian Seas ? 

429. Mention one of the gulfs adjacent to the Baltic 
Sea? 

430. In what direction is Corsica from Sardinia? 

431. What noted river empties into the Dead Sea? 
432.- On which coast of Africa is Senegambia ? 



(XIX, 75.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Nineteenth Regents' Examination, Nov. 8, 1872. 

(9:00—10:30 A. M.) 

433. What place upon the earth's surface is south 
from every other place ? 

434. Which zons has no sunlight during our sum- 
mer ? 

435. In sailing due east, which does a ship change; 
its latitude or longitude ? 

436. Which is the larger ; North America or South 
America ? 

437. In what ocean are the Japan Islands ? 

438. What'_ocean between Africa and Australia? 

439. What peninsula lies between the Arabian Sea 
and the Bay of Bengal ? 

440. In what direction is San Francisco from the 
Isthmus of Darien? 

441. Does the greater part of the area of the 
United States (including territories) lie east or west 
of the Mississippi river ? 

442. What territory between Kansas and Utah? 

443. What 'state between Utah and California ? 

444. Which has the greater elevation above the 
ocean ; Lake Erie or Lake Huron ? 

415. What large town of Massachusetts is situated 
on the Boston and Albany railroad, about midway 
between Boston and Springfield ? 

446. Which is the least populous county of the 
State of New York ? 



80 THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

447. What river rises in the State of New York and 
empties into the Chesapeake Bay ? 

448. Wbat state bounds Tennessee on the east ? 

449. What sea lies south of the West Indies ? 

450. Wnat is the capital of Brazil ? 

451. Of what country is Santiago the capital? 

452. Mention one of the countries of South 
America which is wholly in north latitude. 

453. What country of South America is between 
Colombia and Peru ? 

454. What range of mountains separates Spain and 
Portugal from the rest of Europe ? 

455. What river empties into the North Sea at the 
Hague ? 

456. Mention one of the rivers that empty into the 
Caspian Sea. 



(XX, 79.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Twentieth Regents' Examination, Feb. 28, 1873. 
(9:30— 10:30 A. M.) 

457. What general name is given to the several 
parts into which the whole of the earth's surface is 
divided by the tropics and polar circles ? 

458. What lines on maps indicate north and south 
directions ? 

459. What large river of North America empties 
into the Pacific ocean? 

460. What peninsula south of the gulf of Mexico ? 

461. Mention the largest river that empties into 
Long Island Sound. 

462. What mountain chain traverses Vermont? 

463. Mention the largest river within the state of 
New Hampshire. 

464. What general name is given to the mountains 
west of Lake Champlain ? 

465. Mention a tributary of the Potomac river. 

466. What large city is situated at the junction of 
the Allegany and Monongahela rivers ? 

467. On what river is the capital of Virginia sit- 
uated ? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. • 81 

468. What lake lies between Michigan and Wiscon- 
sin? 

469. What large city is situated in the south-west- 
ern part of Ohio ? 

470. Mention a city in the eastern part of Wiscon- 
sin. 

471. What two rivers having the same name empty 
into the gulfs of Mexico and California, respectively? 

472. What is the capital of Minnesota ? 

473. Mention one of the four provinces of the 
Dominion of Canada. 

474. What country of South America bounds Co- 
lombia on the east? 

475. In what direction is England from Spain ? 

476. What is the capital of Norway? 

477. What large city is situated between tbe Black 
Sea and the Sea of Marmora? 

478. What country bounds the Chinese Empire on 
the north ? 

479. What mountains are situated in the north- 
western part of Africa? 

480. What large river empties into the Gulf of 
Guinea ? 



(XXI, 83.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Twenty-First Regents' Examination, June 6. 1873. 
(9:00—10:30 k. M ) 

481. What part of the earth's surface has no sun- 
light at the time of our midsummer? 

482. Mention one of the conditions upon which 
climate depends. 

483. Which zone contains most of the coral islands? 

484. In what general direction does the Gulf Stream 
flow, off the U. S. coast? 

485. In which ocean is the geographical centre of 
the eastern hemisphere ? 

486. Which grand division lies partly in the eastern 
and partly in the western hemisphere? 

487. What province bounds Maine on the east:- 



82 THE regents' questions. 

488. Among what mountains does the Hudson river 
rise ? 

489. What river flows between South Carolina and 
Georgia ? 

490. On what river is St. Louis situated ? 

491. What ocean receives the principal drainage of 
South America ? 

492. What country lies almost wholly on the west- 
ern slope of the Andes mountains? 

493. What is the name of that arm of the ocean 
into which the Parana river empties ? 

494. What is the capital of the Argentine republic? 

495. What sea lies west of Denmark ? 

496. Of what empire is Vienna the capital ? 

497. Through what country does the lower part of 
the Danube flow ? 

498. In what country of Asia s the river Ganges ? 

499. What sea forms part of the northern boundary 
of Persia ? 

500. Mention one of the large rivers of the Chinese 
Empire. 

501. In what ocean is Madagascar ? 

502. Which extends farthest south : Africa, Aus- 
tralia or South America? 

503. Mention one of the ranges of mountains be- 
tween the Ked Sea and the ('ape of Good Hope. 

504. Toward which pole does the sun cast shadows 
at midday, in the south temperate zone? 

(XXXI, 87.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Twenty-second Regents' Examination, Nov. 7, 1873. 
(9:00— 10:30 A. M.) 

505-509. Mention and bound each of the five zones. 

510. Which State of New England has the highest 
mountains ? 

511-513. What States east of the Mississippi river 
have neither sea nor lake coast ? 

514-516. "What states border on Lake Superior ? 

517. What river forms part of the boundary between 
New York and Pennsylvania ? 



THE regents' questions. 83 



518. Through what State does the Mississippi flow? 

519-520. What parallels of latitude form parts of 
the northern boundary of the United States ? 

521-522. Which are the two largest of the West 
India Islands ? 

523-524. Mention two countries of South America 
that are crossed by the equator. 

525. What country of South America lies wholly 
upon the western slope of the Andes Mountains ? 

526-528. Mention three peninsular countries in the 
South of Europe. 

529-532. Mention the four countries comprised in. 
the British Isles. 

533-535. What three noted rivers of Europe rise 
among the Alps ? 

536-538. Into what sea does each of these three 
rivers (533)-(535) empty ? 

539. What important country of Asia consists of 
islands only ? 

540. What strait at the eastern extremity of Siberia ? 
541-542. Which are the two largest rivers of Africa? 

543. What sea is connected with the ocean by the 
Strait of Bab el Mandeb. 

544. What country of Africa borders on the Strait 
of Gibraltar ? 



(XXIII, 91.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Ticenty-tliird RegtnW Examination,, Feb. 27, 1874. 
(1:30— 3:00 p. m.) 

What great circle separates (545) the Northern from 
the Southern Hemisphere ; and what one (546) the 
Eastern from the Western ? 

547. Does the Northern or the Southern Hemi- 
sphere contain more land surface ; and, in like man- 
ner, (548) the Eastern, or the Western ? 

Mention, as nearly as you can in the order of size, 
beginning with the largest, the six grand divisions of 
land on the Earth's surface : 
(549) ; (550) ; (551) ; (552) ; (553) 

(554) 

Mention in like order as above, the five oceans : 



84 THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

(555) ; (556) ; (557) ; (558) ; (559)- 



Give the (560) latitude, and the (561) longitude 
(from Greenwich) of the central point on the map of 
the Western Hemisphere. 

Mention the largest gulf on the American side of 
the (562) Atlantic, and (563) Pacific Oceans, respect- 
ively. 

Mention five of the lakes drained by the river St. 
Lawrence : 
(564) ; (565) ; (566) ; (567) ; (568) 

What two peninsulas and large intervening island 
partially separate the Gulf of Mexico from the Carib- 
bean Sea ? (569) ; (570) ; (571) . 

572. What body of water, in size approaching the 
Gulf of Mexico, is conijmsed within the limits of 
North America ? 

Mention five of the seas into which a vessel might 
sail going eastward from the Strait of Gibraltar : 
(573) ; (574) ; (575) ; (576) ; (577) 

Mention four bodies of water (seas, gulfs and bays) 
into which a vessel mav sail from the Indian Ocean : 

(578) ; (579) ; (580) ; (581) . 

Mention three inland Asiatic Seas, each having no 
outlet: (582) ; (583) ; (581) . 



(^XXIV, 97) GEOGRAPHY. 

Twenty-fourth Regents' Examination, June 5, 1874. 

(1:30— 3: 00 p. M.) 

585-587. Give three proofs that the earth is spheri- 
cal. 

588. What is the situation of places whose time of 
day agrees with our own ? 

589. What is the situation of places which have the 
same length of day and night that we have ? 

590. In what ocean is a ship which is in 10 deg. S. 
latitude and 70 deg. E. longitude from Greenwich ? 

591. By what two bodies of water are the Arctic 
and Pacific Oceans connected ? 



THE regents' questions. 85 



592. Draw the outline of a hemispherical map, with 
the usual number of great and small circles ; (593) 
indicate the point of no latitude and no longitude by 
a 0; (594) and mark its number of degrees on each 
parallel and meridian represented. 

595. To what great river system does Lake Cham- 
plain belong ? 

596. Bound the State of Connecticut. 

597-599. What three groups of islands are included 
in the VVest Indies? 

600-601. What peninsula and island are partly in 
the eastern and partly in the western hemisphere ? 

602. What is the season of the year at Cape Horn, 
in July ? 

603. What European sea borders on the Arctic 
Ocean ? 

604-608. Mention five ranges of mountains each 
either within or bordering upon Europe ? 

609-614. Mention six of the islands of the Medi- 
terranean sea ? 

615-618. Mention four seas which form parts of 
the western boundary of Asia ? 

619. On what river is Nankin situated ? 

620-622. Of what three divisions does Oceanica 
consist? 

623-624. What is the largest island adjacent to 
Africa, and what body of water separates them ? 



(XXV, 102.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Ticenty-fifth Regents' Examination, Nov. 6, 1874. 

(1:30— 3: 00 p. M.) 

(125-626. What parallels of latitude are in the north- 
ern boundary of the United States ? 

627. What river rises in Pennsylvania and flows 
north through New York into Lake Ontario; 

628. Is the southern point of Florida, or the mouth 
of the Bio Grande, further south ? 



86 THE regents' questions. 

629. What is the distance, in statute miles, from 
the most southern limit of the U. States, in about 26° 
N. Lat. , to the northern boundary, on the meridian of 
that limit? 

630. What river rises in the United States whose 
waters flow through a lake into Hudson's Bay ? 

631. What river is between Lower Canada (or 
Province of Quebec), and Upper Canada (or Ontario?) 

632. What two Provinces of British America are 
wholly south of the river St. Lawrence ? 

633. What is the general direction of peninsulas ? 
634-635. What is the extent north and south of 

South America in degrees and in miles, the latitude 
of the isthmus of Panama being 9 deg. N. ? 

636-637. What are the two principal water sheds 
of the United States ?' 

638-639. What river of Africa empties into the 
Mediterranean, and through which part does it flow ? 

640. In what zone is the highest civilization ? 

641. Where are the Islands of Japau? 

642-645. What four seas on the eastern coast of 
Asia? 

646. Of what does the British Empire consist ? 

647. What island in the Mediterranean belongs to 
Great Britain ? 

648-655. Through what bodies of water will a ship 
pass on the shoitest way from London to Calcutta? 

656-659. What countries of Europe touch the Bal- 
tic sea, and what (660-664) the Mediterranean? 



(XXVI, 107.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Twenty-sixth Regents' Examination, Feb. 26, 1875. 

(1:30— 3: 00 P. M.) 

665. What is Latitude ; (666) on what circles is it 
measured ; (667) are degrees of Lat. of equal length? 

668. What points on the earth's surface have the 
greatest latitude, and what is it ? 

669. How many statute miles in a degree of Lat. ? 

670. The length of a degree of latitude being 
known, how can the earth's circumference be found? 



THE regents' questions. 87 



671. What is Longitude ; and (672) from what me- 
ridian or meridians, on your map, is it reckoned ? 

673. How many degrees of Longitude may there 
be ? 

674. Are degrees of Longitude of equal length ? 

675. Where are degrees of latitude and longitude 
of equal length ? (These questions are on the suppo- 
sition that the earth is a perfect sphere.) 

676. What is the longitude of the Poles ? 

677. How is the situation of any place on the earth 
determined ? 

678. Bound the Atlantic Ocean. 

670-682. Mention four Atlantic groups of islands. 

683. What large island partly in the Atlantic and 
partly in the Arctic Oceans? 

684-688. Mention five groups of islands in the Pa- 
cific Ocean, included in Oceanica. 

689. In what general direction will a ship sail in 
going from New York to Liverpool ? 

690-694. Which are the five principal bays on the 
Atlantic coast of the United States ? 

Describe the ^695) Hudson and the (696) Connecti- 
cut rivers ; — where each rises, in what direction it 
flows, and where it empties. 

697. Mention and describe the largest river which 
flows into Delaware bay. 

698-700. Mention the three largest rivers of South 
America which flow into the Atlantic. 

701. Mention five countries of South America which 
border en the Atlantic, (702) four on the Pacific, (703) 
one wholly inland, and (704) six countries of Asia. 



( XXVII, 112.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Twenty seventh Regents' Examination, June 4. 1875. 
(1:30— 3:00 P. M.J 
705. In what general direction do the rivers of 
the Eastern and Midi le States flow, and (706) those 
of the Southern States which empty into the 
Atlantic? 



88 THE EEGEMTS' QUESTIONS. 

707-709. Mention three rivers which empty 
into Long Island Sound. 

What large river empties into (710) New York Bay? 
(711) into Delaware Bay? (712) into Chesapeake Bay? 

713. What river forms about half of the southern 
boundary of the United States? 

714. Mention the most extensive river basin of 
the United States. (715) Where does this basin begin 
on the north, and (716) where terminate south? 

717. Mention five states on the eastern, and (718) 
live on the western slope of this basin. 

Mention two rivers in the northeim part of the 
United States whose sources are near each other, 
(719) one of which empties into the Pacific, and (720) 
the other by the Mississippi into the Gulf of Mexico. 

721. Mention the four great lakes between the 
United States and Canada. (722) What large lake 
connected with these is whoLy in the United States? 

723. What extensive mountain chain in the west- 
ern part of the United States, and (724) what is its 
general direction ? (725) What mountain chain in 
the eastern part, and (72G) what is its direction? 

What (727) state and what (728) province bound 
the Eastern States on the west ? 

729-733. Through what principal waters may 
the products of the Western States pass from Chicago 
to Montreal? and (734) through what, by the shortest 
route, from Chicago to New York ? 

735. Mention the highest mountain of South 
America. (736) — (738) Meution three South American 
countries traversed by the Andes mountains. 

739. Mention six countries of Europe which 
border on the Atlantic or on the seas or bays connected 
with it, and (740) five countries in that part of 
Europe bordering on the Mediterranean. (741) 
Bound Europe. 

742. What great empire in the eastern part of 
Europe and extending into Asia ? (743) Bound 
Asia. 

744. What countries of Africa border on the 
Mediterranean sea ? 



THE regents' questions. 89 



(XXVIII, 112.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Twenty-eighth Regents' Examination, Nov. 5, I87. r >. 
(1:80-3:00 p. m. ) 

745. Within which hemisphere (northern or south- 
ern, and eastern or western) is Australia included? 

746. Give a similar statement in relation to the 
hemispheres within which the Caribbean sea is in- 
cluded. 

Define the (747) equator, (748) tropics, (749) polar 
circles, (750) latitude and (751) longitude. 

752-760. Write, in the order of their succession 
from north to south, the names of the zones and of 
the circles which separate them. 

What is the (761) length and (762) breadth, in de- 
grees, of the zone crossed by the equator ? 

What (763) bay partly separates New Brunswick from 
N. Scotia; and (764) what strait. Spain from Africa ? 

What parallels bound the United States, (765) west- 
ward from the Lake of the Woods, and (7(56) eastward 
.from the River St. Lawrence, respectively? 

767. What is the outlet of Lake Huron ? 

768. What is the capital of California, and (76!)) on 
what river is it situated ? 

77 '. What river forms most of the boundary between 
Md. and Va. ; and (771) where does it empty? 

772 Meution and describe the largest eastern 
branch of the Mississippi river. 

773-775. Name the three largest of the West India 
Islands. 

776. What and where is Terra del Fuego ? 

777. What countries constitute Great Britain ? 

778. What sea lies between Italy and Turkey ? 
771). What mountains on the easi of Norway ? 

780. What uirge river empties into the Black Sea 
from the west ? 

781. What mountains between the Chinese Empire 
and Hindoostan '■ 

782. Where is the empire of Japan, and (.783) of 
what does it consist? 



90 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

784. Where is the island of St. Helena (nearest 
which grand division, and in what ocean) ? 



(XXXS, 122.) GEOGRAPHY. 

Twenty-ninth Regents' Examination, Feb. 25, 187(5. 
(1:30-3:00 p. M.) 

785. What motion of the earth causes the alterna- 
tion of day and night? 

What is the (786) meridian, and what the (787; lon- 
gitude of a place ? 

788. How does an isthmus differ from a strait ? 

789. Which has at any time the longer day ; Quito. 
or Moscow ? (790) and why ? 

791-793. Of what three departments does the U. 
S. government consist ; and of what does each de- 
partment consist? 

Mention the (794-795) two principal mountain sys- 
tems of the United States, and (796-799) four groups 
or ranges belonging to the more easterly system. 

800-804. Mention five cities on the Mississippi and 
its tributaries, and the state in which each is located. 

805-811. Through what waters would a ship pass in 
sailing from St. Louis to Constantinople? 

c^irOnly seven answers are cilled for, though more 
might be given. 

812-816. Mention and describe five rivers that 
empty into the Atlantic or its adjacent bays, between 
the Hudson and the Savannah. 

Mention a country of South America (817) wholly 
north of the Equator ; another (818) crossed by the 
Equator; and a third (819) wholly south of the 
Equator but farther north than Patagonia. 

820. What and where is the Crimea ? 

821 Mention and describe a river of Afri a that 
empties into the Mediterranean sea. 

S22. What mountain range on the joint border of 
France and Spain ; (823) of Norway and Sweden ; 
824) of Russia and Siberia? 



THE 



REGENTS' QUESTIONS, 

1866-1876. 



GRAMMAR. 



To I lie Teacher. 

(1.) At the Tenth and Eleventh Examinations, this 

paragraph was prefixed to the first paper : 

[Each scholar is to declare at the close of the ex- 
amination, over his signature, whether he had any 
previous knowledge of the questions, and whether he 
has either given or received aid in answering them.] 

At the Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Exami- 
nations, this read : 



94 THE regents' questions. 



*HTEach scholar i.s to declare at the close of the 
examination, over his signature, that he had no pre- 
vious knowledge of these questions, and that he has 
neither given nor received aid in ans vering them, if 
such be the fact. 

At the Fifteenth and subsequent examinations, the 
phrase "at the close of the second session" was sub- 
stituted for "at the close of the examination." 

At the Twenty-first Examination, the last part of 
this paragraph read : 

That he has neither given nor received explanations 
or other aid in answering any of them, and that he 
has not spent more than the allowed time, if all this 
be true. 

Since the Twenty-third Examination, the paragraph 
has not appeared. 

(2.) At the Tenth Examination, the following para- 
graphs were appended to the questions : 

Do you conscientiously declare, that, prior to each 
session you had no knowledge of the questions, and 
that you have neither given to any scholar, nor re- 
ceived from any source, aid in answering them? If 
so, write at the end of your list of answers the words, 
I do, and subscribe your name. 

The committee must reject papers not bearing this 
declaration. 

The subsequent changes in this paragraph were 
identical with those made in it upon the arithmetic 
mpers. (See pp. 2, 3.) 

(3.) At the Thirteenth Examination, this paragraph 

rv-as appended : 

ifSTFold your paper in proper form for filing and 
endorse it with the name of the institution, your own 
name, and the subject and date of the examination. 



THE regents' questions. 95 

Since the Twenty-first Examination, the last clauses 
have read "the subject and session, and the date of 
the examination." 

(4.) At the Eleventh Examination, this paragraph 
was introduced : 

f^In parsing any word, give the part of speech 
(or class of words), and its several properties for 
modifications), — i. e., its etymological character; 
also, its syntax, or relation to other words, and the 
appropriate rule of svntax. Materially defective 
parsing is in every instance to be counted a failure, 
even though it be correct as far as it goes. Frag- 
mentary answers are not sufficient. 

At the Fourteenth Examination, for the last sentence 
of the paragraph this was substituted : 

As orthography is a division of grammar, errors in 
spelling are to be carefully avoided 

After the Eighteenth Examination, this paragraph 
was dropped. 

(5.) At the Seventh, Eighth and Eleventh Examina- 
tions, special notes gave the Examiners liberty 
to call answers correct to questions 145, 146, 149, ir>4, 
157, 158, 161, 313, 317, 324, and several others not 
designated, provided three-fourths of the partial an- 
swers to each were rightly given. At the Thirteenth 
Examination it was added : 

The same rule may be applied to errors and omis- 
sions in the etymology, but not in the syntax \ of words 
required to be passed. 

(8. ) The last eight questions at the Twenty-sixth 
Examination were supplementary, and it was an- 
nounced that due credit for them would be given. 



96 THE regents' questions. 



(I, 2) GRAMMAR. 

First Regents' Examination, Nov. 7, 1866. 
(1:30—3:00 P. M.) 

1. When are words said to be ''derivative? 1 and when 
^ compound ?" Give examples of each. 

2. What classes of words aie compared ? Give ex- 
amples of the regular comparison of words both by- 
prefixes and suffixes ; also, of irregular comparison, 
and of words of the same classes which do not admit 
of comparison. 

3. What are the names of the different classes of 
pronouns ? 

4. What particular pronouns are varied in form to 
denote gender ? 

5. Write sentences in which the relatives who. which, 
what and that are properly used. 

(I. What is meant by case in nouns and pronouns? 

7. What properties (or modifications, attributes. &c.) 
have verbs ? 

8. What is mood? tense ? 

9. What moods cannot be used in interrogative sen- 
tences ? 

10. What tenses can be formed without auxiliaries? 

11. Give the second person singular of the verb be 
in the several moods and tenses 

12. What class of verbs admit of the passive form, 
and of which principal part and which auxiliary verb 
is this form constructed ? Give the first person sin- 
gular passive of the verb see, in each of the moods 
and tenses. 

13. What are the principal parts of the following 
verbs: lay, lie, lead, make, ride, see. swim, write.' 

14. Of what does syntax treat ? 

(3:30—4:30 p. m.) 

Answer each of the questions annexed to the fol- 
lowing sentence : 

"Of the committee who, in June, 1776. had been 
appointed to prepare the plan, Samuel Adams alone 
remained a member : and even he was absent when 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 97 

* * 'articles of confederation and perpetual 
union' were adopted, to be submitted for approbation 
to the several States." — Bancroft's U. 8. History, Vol. 
IX, page 436. 

15. Of how many propositions (ox principal clauses) 
does the above sentence consist, and with what word 
does each proposition end ? 

16. Give the leading subject and predicate of each 
proposition ? 

17. Designate the subordinate (or auxiliary) clauses 
(or sentences), and the subject and predicate of each. 

18. Point out the several phrases, and the words 
which they respectively modify. 

19. Mention all the connectives, and the words, 
phrases, &q., which they severally unite. 

20. What words, phrases, &c. , perform an adjective 
and what an adverbial office ? 

21. What kind of a noun is '■''committee t" "June?" 
"approbation?" 

22. Are the following words respectively primitive 
or derivative: "appointed,'' "prepare," "absent," 
"fifteenth, "articles," "were," "States?" 

23. Parse, "who," "1776," "member," "even," 
"were adopted," and "to be submitted." 

24. Give the voice (or fo?*m), mood, tense, person 
and number of "had been appointed" and "remained." 



(II, 6.") GRAMMAR. 

Second Regents' Examination. Feb. 28, 1867. 

(1:30—3:00 p. M.) 

Exercise. "The best authors should be read by 
the student, that he may thus insensibly acquire a grace 
and refinement of expression which no arbitrary rules 
can give." 

25. Parse "best" in the above sentence. [In pars- 
ing any word, be careful to give a full statement of 
its properties and relations, i. e. , its etymology and 
syntax]. 

26. Give the voice (or form) mood, tense, 2)e?*son and 
number of " should be read." 



98 THE REGENTS* QUESTIONS. 



27 Decline "student: 1 

28. Parse "that:' 

29. What auxiliary verbs are used in the above sen- 
tence ? 

30. In what mood is " acquire ?" 

31. In what case is " refinement . ? " 

32. Parse "which." 

33. Transpose each transitive (or active) clause into 
its equivalent passive form and vice versa, and write 
out the full sentence in this changed form. 

34. Into what simple sentences (or clauses) can the 
above sentence be separated ?" 

3o. Give the subject and predicate of each simple 
sentence. 

36. Parse "thus: 1 

37. What parts of speech (or classes of -words) are 
not contained in this sentence ? 

38. Parse u no." 

Pupils who have sufficient time may add a formal 
analysis of the above sentence, adopting any system 
with which they are familiar. 

(3:30—4:30 P. M.) 

39. Write the plural of wharf, axis, focus, cherub, 
phenomenon. 

40. What is the difference between an adjective and 
an adverb ? 

41. Write a sentence having for its predicate the 
passive, potential, present, third, plural form of the 
verb see. 

42. Give a list of ten words commonly used as pre- 
positions. 

43. What is the difference in the proper use of the 
relatives toho, which and that ?" 

44. Analyze the following sentence, according to any 
familiar system: ' ; The use of a good dictionary 
should be insisted upon in the preparation of such 
lessons as are learned from books. " 

45. How may a declarative sentence be made inter- 
rogative ? 



the regents' questions. 99 

40. In the sentence " Our fathers, where are they ?" 
parse "fathers." 

47. Why is the sentence '-John ought to have went" 
incorrect? 

48. In what respect is the sentence " Whom do 
men say that I am," grammatically incorrect? 

Pupils who have time, will please illustrate the an- 
swers to the second, fifth, sixth and seventh questions 
by appropriate examples . 



(ill, 10.) GRAMMAR. 

Third Regents" Examination June 18, 1st;?. 

(1:30—3:00 P. M.) 
EXERCISE. 

(1) "God made the country and man made the town. 

(2) What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts 

(3) That can alone make sweet the bitter draught 

(4) That life holds out to all, should most abound 

(5) And least be threatened in the fields and groves ? 

(6) Possess ye, therefore, ye who, borne about 

(7) In chariots and sedans, know no fatigue 

(8) But that of idleness, and taste no scenes 

(9) But such as art contrives, possess ye still 
(10) Your element; thei'e only can ye shine.'' 

(Cowper's Task./ 

QUESTIONS. 

49. How many letters in the first line of the above 
exercise are liquids ? 

50. Write the words in the first five lines which con- 
tain diphthongs, enclosing each diphthong in a paren- 
thesis. 

51. Which words in the sixth line are dissyllables? 

52. Write the words in the exercise which are trisyl- 
lables, and mark the accented syllable in each. 

53. Which line contains no noun ? 

54. What part or parts of speech (or classes of 
words) are not contained in the above exercise ? 

55. What irregular verbs occur in the exercise ? 
50. What passive participle (used only as such) ? 
57. What verbs in the exercise are in the indicative 

mood? 



100 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

58. What verbs in the potential mood? 

59. What verbs in the imperative mood ? 

60. What adjectives occur in the exercise ? 

61. What personal pronouns f 

62. What relative pronouns ? 

Pupils who have sufficient time, are requested to 
arrange all other words in the above exercise into col- 
umns, according to the parts of speech (or classes of 
words) to which they belong ; also to state how many, 
and what kind or kinds of feet are used in each line. 

Accuracy in either of these items may be counted 
as one correct answer. 

(3:30—4:30 p. M.) 

63. In the sentence, 

" God made the country and man made the town." 
what words, phrases or clauses does " and " connect ? 

64. What is the leading subject of the following sen- 
tence : 

(1) "What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts 

(2) That can alone make sweet the bitter draughts 

(3) That life holds out to all, should most abound 

(4) And least be threatened in the fields and groves ?" 

65. What is the predicate of the same sentence ? 

66. Parse " that" in the first line. 

67. Pai\-.e " that''' in the second line. 

68. Parse " that" in the third line. 

69. Parse " health" and "virtue" and the verbs of 
which they are the joint subject. 

70. Parse "wonder," in the first line. 

71. Parse " gtfts," in the first line. 

72. Parse li sioeet," in the second line. 

Pupils who have time, will please give an analysis of 
the above sentence, " What wonder, then" &c, ac- 
cording to any familiar system; with one ciean lei 
accuracy in this particular. 



(iV, 15.) GRAMMAR. 

Fourth Regents' Examination, Nov. 7, 1867. 
(1:30—3:0;) p. m.) 

73. What is a suffix ? 

74. What is the primitive of indescribable ? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 101 



75. How are adjectives regularly compared? 

76. Compare the adjective whose superlative is last ? 

77. What is the difference between an adjective and 
an adverb? 

78. What are the different offices of that f 

79. In the sentence "And is a conjunction;" what 
part of speech is '■'■and? " 

80. Change the sentence "Latin is taught by Pro- 
fessor Smith," into the corresponding active form? 

81. Make the same sentence both active and inter- 
rogative. 

82. What part or parts of speech do not occur in 
the following sentence ? 

"Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, 
Both when we wake and when we sleep." 

83. Parse "both" into the above couplet. 

84. Correct "I done as well as I could," and give 
the reason for the correction. 

85. Correct "set down and rest." and give the rea- 
son for the correction. 

86. Why is the sentence "John ought to have 
went," incorrect? 

(3:30—4:30 p. M.) 

"How gloriously, and yet how differently, has 
the Author of Nature lighted up the day by the re- 
splendent sun, and the night by the moon and the 
starry host." 

87. What is the grammatical subject of the above 
sentence ? 

88. What is the grammatical predicate t 

89. Parse the gram, subject. 

90. Parse the gram, predicate. 

91. What is the modified or logical predicate of the 
above sentence ? 

92. Parse "differently." 

Correct each of the following sentences, and give 
the reason for the correction : 

93. "Either ability or inclination were wanting." 

94. "If I was a teacher I should give shorter les- 
sons. " 



102 THE regents' questions. 



95. "We hoped to have heard from you before this. ,? 

96. "He has waxen all the threads." 



(V, 19. ) GRAMMAR. 

Fifth Regents' Examination, Feb. 20, 18Gb. 

(1:30— 3:00 P. M.) 

97. Give the classification of words according to 
their various offices in sentences. 

98. Write a sentence containing a compound word. 

99. Decline "oaT in both numbers. 

100. Give a numeral adjective of the ordinal kind. 

101. Write a sentence containing a collective noun 
and a transitive verb. 

102. Parse li to be" in the sentence, "To be, contents 
his natural desire." 

103. What tenses are used in the potential mood? 
101. Give a synopsis of the verb "be" in the second 

person singular in all the tenses of the finite moods. 
Parse '■'■what" in each of the following sentences : 

105. What ! art thou still unsatisfied ? 

106. What art thou doing ? 

107. What we possessed was taken. 

Correct the following sentences, and give the reason 
for each correction : 

108. "Trust not him whom you know is dishonest." 

109. "What signifies good opinions when our prac- 
tice is bad?" 

110. "If we study we will learn." 

(3:30—4:30 p. m.) 

Exercise. ""When Boulton, the associate of the 
great Watt, showed his iron manufactory, he said, "I 
sell here what all men are anxious to buy, Power." 

Parse each of the following words, giving, for 
nouns the class or kind, gender, person, number, case, 
agreement or govern merit, and rule, of syntax ; for 
verbs, the principal parts, voice or form, mood, tense, 
person, number, agreement, and rule of syntax. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 103 

111. "Bmtion? (112) "showed';' (113) "said;" 
(1U) "sell;" (115) "fa^;" (116) "Power." 

117. What _£>«>'& <?/ speech, or dosses of icords ( 
any), are not found in the above exercise ? 

118. Separate the above exercise into the several 
simple sentences which it contains. 

119. Change "sell" to the passive form, and recon- 
struct the part of the exercise which follows "said" 
to correspond in signification with this change of form. 

120. Analyze the whole exercise, according to any 
approved system with which you are familiar. 

(VI, 23,) GRAMMAR. 

Sixth Regents' Examination, June ±th, 1868. 
(1:30—3:00 P. M.) 
EXERCISE. 

1. It is enacted in the laws of Venice,— 

2. If it be proved against an alien, 

3. That by direct or indirect attempts 

4. He seek the life of any citizen, 

5. The party 'gainst the which he doth contrive. 

6. Shall seize one half his goods ; the other half 

7. Comes to the privy coffer of the state : 

8. And the offender's life lies in the mercy 

9. Of the duke only, 'gainst all other voice. 

10. In which predicament I say thou stand'st : 

11. For it appears by manifest proceeding, 

12. That indirectly, and directly too— 

13. Thou hast contrived against the very life 

14. Of the defendant ; and thou hast incurred 

15. The danger formerly by me rehearsed. 

16. Down, therefore, and beg mercy of the duke. 

{Merchant of Venice, Act iv, Scene 1. 
QUESTIONS. 

121. What parts of speech (or classes of words) 
are contained in the above exercise ? 

122. Are there any proper, collective, abstract, or 
verbal nouns in the exercise ? If so, make a list of, 
them. 

123. What words in the possessive case? 

124. Which line contains no noun ? 

125. Which lines no pronoun (expressed or under- 
stood ?) 



104- THE BEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



126. Which line contains but two different parts of 
speech ; and what are those parts of speech? 

127. Compare any adjective in the exercise, that 
admits of comparison. 

128. Which lines of the exercise contain no finite 
verb ? 

129. Which lines have finite passive verbs; and 
what are those verbs? 

130. Make a list of the different prepositions in the 
exercise ? 

131. Make a list of the adverbs, and the conjunc- 
tions, separately. 

132. What following part of the exercise does " it" 
in the first line stand for, or represent ? 

133. What does "it" in the second line represent? 

134. What participle (used as such) in this exer- 
cise ^ 

(3:30—4-30 p. m.) 

135. In the clause " If it be proved against an alien'" 
&c. , in what mood is the verb, and why ? 

136. Parse "only" in the phrase " Of the duke 
only." 

137. What is the principal or leading clause in the 
sentence : " In which predicament I say thou stand st. " 

138. Parse " which " in the same sentence. 

139. G-ive the principal parts of "say" and 
"stand" st." 

140. Parse the verb in " Thou hast incurred the 
danger" giving the voice (or form) mood, tense, per- 
son, number, subject, and rule of syntax. 

141. Change the quotation in question No. 140 to 
■ the passim form. 

142. Parse " down " in the sentence, "Down, there- 
fore, and beg mercy of the duke," giving particulars 
required in question No. 14<>. 

143. In what case is "mercy," and why? 

144. Parse "therefore.*' 



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(VII, 27.) GRAMMAR. 

Seventh Regents Examination, Nov. 12, 1868. 
(1:30— 3:00 P. M. ) 

145. What are the plurals of radius, parenthesis* 
phenomenon, brother-in-law ? 

146. Compare bad, beautiful, heavy, many. 

147. What classes of words (or parts of speech) are 
used to modify or limit other words in sentences ? 

148. Write a sentence containing which in the plural 
number, nominative case. 

140. Write sentences in which the relatives who. 
which, what and that are properly used. 

150. Parse "what" in the sentence, This is piecisely 
what icas necessary. 

151. Give a list of all the moods and tenses used in 
conjugating verbs. 

152. Give the second person, singular, passive of 
the verb teach, in each tense of the indicative mood. 

153. What tenses, of what moods, can be formed 
without auxiliaries ? 

154. What are the principal parts of the verbs 
make, ride, sit. write f 

Correct the two following sentences : 

155 T expected to have found him at home. 

156. The letter from which the extract is taken, and 
came by m HI, is lost. 

157. Give examples of adverbs of time, place, /lega- 
tion and in & r rogation. 

158. Give four words commonly used as interjec- 
tions. 

(3:30-4:30 P. M. ) 

151). Write a sentence to illustrate the following 
rule of syntax : 

Two or more singular subjects taken separately re- 
quire the verb to be singular. 

160. What is the rule of syntax for the italicised 
word in the sentence, Did you see him strike the boy ? 

161. Correct the four following sentences : 
Let each love others better than themselves. 
It was not me icho took it. 



106 THE regents' questions. 

Wisdom and not wealth jrrocure esteem. 

A nail well drove will support a great weight. 
"To him who curbs desire within the bounds of 'the 

enough,' 
The wildest blasts that heave the sea awake no fear of 

wreck." 

In the foregoing sentence, parse 

162. The subject of the principal clause. 

163. The predicate of the same clause. 

164. The first word, "To." 

165. The last word of the first line, "enough." 

166. Change "The wildest blasts that heave the sea 
awake no fear of wreck" to the equivalent passive 
form. 

167. Which words of the sentence are relatives t 

168. Analyze the sentence according to any system 
with which you are familiar. 



(VIII. 31.) GRAMMAR. 

Eighth Regents' Examination, Feb. 18, 1869. 
(1:30— 3:00 p. M.) 

169. Write a proper noun ; a common noun ; a col- 
lective noun ; and an abstract noun. 

170. Give the possessive plural form of motto, lady, 
thou, and man. 

171. Write a sentence containing an active transa- 
tive verb, and change the same into the corresponding 
passive form 

172. Give a synopsis of the verb teach in the first 
person, singular, active and 'passive. 

1 73. How do you distinguish adjectives from adverbs? 

174. W 'rite an ordinal adjective '■ ; an adverb of man- 
ner ; an adverb of degree ; and a copulative conjunction. 

17a. Give the correlatives of lad, empress, czar and 
Francis. [A masculine noun and its corresponding 
feminine are called correlative nouns.] 

1 7(>. Correct the following in regard to capitals and 
punctuation : mister smith, will you please Excuse 
my son John next friday at 10 o'clock T Jenkins 

177. Write four sentences : the first to contain who, 
in the second person, plural number ; the second, 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 7 07 



which, singular number objective case ; the third, 
whom, masculine gender ; the fourth, that, second 
person, singular number. 

Correct the following sentences : 

1 78. He hadn't ought to have done it. 
I do not know who she icent with. 

No country will allow of such a practice. 
It icas not me who took it. 

179. Define the grammatical terms, subject, predi- 
cate, mood, syntax. 

180. Compare all the words in the following couplet 
which admit of comparison : 

How far that little candle throws his beams ! 
So shines a good deed in a naughty world. 

181. What classes of verbs take the same case after 
as before them ? 

182. Give an example to illustrate the last preced- 
ing question. 

(3:30 a. m.— 4: 30 p. m.) 

(1.) So live, that when thy summons comes to join 

(2.) The inumerable caravan, that moves 

(3.) To that mysterious realm, where each shall take 

(4.) His chamber in the silent halls of death, 

(5.) Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, 

(6.) Scourged to his dungeon; but, sustained and soothed 

(7.) By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, 

(8.) Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch 

(9.) About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. 

183. Parse the predicate of the principal or leading 
clause. 

184. Upon what does the infinitive ''to join" de- 
pend; or, if you regard "to" as a preposition, what 
does it connect ? 

185. Give the '•voice" i or form), mood, tense, and 
subject of each verb in the second, third, fifth and 
seventh lines. 

18G. What conjunctions occur in the exercise, and 
what do they respectively connect ? 

187. Parse "that" wherever it occurs in the exercise. 

188 Parse "quarry slave" ''sustained" "one" and 
"to" (in the last line). 

189. What are the principal parts of " take." "go," 
1 ' soothed, " and ' ■ lies ' ' ? 



108 THE regents" questions. 



190. Make a list of all the nouns in the exercise. 

191. What is the primitive of "unfaltering?" 

192. Analyze the clause from l *but" to " dreams," 

inclusive. 



(IX, 35.) GRAMMAR. 

Ninth Regents' Examination, June 10, 1809. 
(1:80—3:00 P. M.) 

EXERCISE. 

"If we compare our English literature to a beautiful 
garden, where Milton lifts his head to heaven in the spot- 
less chalice of the tall white lily, and Shakspeare scatters 
his dramas around him in beds of fragrant roses, blushing 
with a thousand various shades,— some stained to the core 
as if with blood, others unfolding their fair pink petals 
with a lovely smile to the summer sun,— what shall we 
nnd in shrub or flower so like the timid, shrinking spirit 
of William Cowper as that delicate sensitive-plant, whose 
leaves, folding up at the slighest touch, cannot bear even 
brighter rays of the cherishing sun ? " 

193. Might the former and latter parts of the above 
exercise be mutually transposed without materially 
affecting the sense? and if so. state with what word 
such latter part begins. 

191. Make a list of all the verbs in the exercise, 
including participles 

195. Which of these is the leading or principal 
verb ? 

196. Give the principal parts of this leading or 
principal verb ? 

197. Make a list of all the participles mot includ- 
ing those used as parts of the finite verbs referred to 
in question 2. j 

198. Make a list of the several verbs from which 
these participles are derived 

199. Which of these participles are active and which 
are passive ? 

200 Mention all the proper nouns in the exercise. 

201. Mention any compound nouns which occur 
therein. 

202. In what mood is " compare f " 



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(3:30—4:30 p. m.) 

203. Make a list of such words in the above exer- 
cise as are used adjectively. 

204. Which of the words included in the answer to 
question 203, are participial adjectives ? 

205. What part of speech (or kind of word) is 
"what?" 

206. In what case is the same '" wh r it" and why ? 

207. In what case is " spirit " (2d liue ? ) 

208. What part of speech (or kind of word) is "up?" 

209. In what mood is the last verb of the exercise? 
2 L0. In what mood and tense is the first verb ? 

211. In what case is "sensitive-plant f "' 

212. Select from the exercise three adjectives rep- 
resenting each of the different degrees of comparison. 

213. Parse "whose:' 

214. Parse the leading or principal subject of the 
exercise, according to any method with which you are 
familiar ? 

215. Give an anylsis or diagram. 

216. Does the omitted clause (contained in the exer- 
cise of the first session) make complete sense taken 
by itself ? 



(x, 38.) GEAMMAE. 

Tenth Regents' Examination, Nov. 11, 1869. 
(1:30— 3:00 P. M.) 

217. What parts of speech (or classes of words) 
have cases ? 

218. What parts of speech (or classes of words) ad- 
mit of comparison ? 

219. How do adjectives of more than two syllables 
generally form their comparative and superlative de- 
grees ? 

220. Correct "The pleasures of the mind are more 
preferable than those of the body" 

221. What is the subjunctive mood used to express? 

222. Why is it called the "subjunctive" mood ? 



110 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

223. What tense would be used in speaking of an 
event which occurred during the past year, and with- 
out reference to any other date or event ? 

224. What class of verbs has no passive voice (or 
form ?) 

225. Construct a sentence having a verb in the po- 
tential mood. 

226. Correct, " I will be drowned; no body shall help 
me ! " 

227. Complete this sentence by supplying verbs in 

the infinitive mood, "Grammar professes us 

correctly." 

228. What rule of syntax is disregarded in the fol- 
lowing sentence ? 

" The account, or journal ichich was written by Ma- 
gellan, and which seems to have been in existence as late 
as 1783, are lost" 

229. Conjugate the verb ""learn" in the active, in- 
dicative, pluperfect (or prior past) . 

230. Conjugate the verb "seek'' in the passive, sub- 
junctive, present. 

(3:30— 4:30 p. M.) 

EXERCISE 

(1) Sir Isaac Newton drew close to the grate in which a 
fire had just been kindled. (2) By and by it grew 
very hot. 

(3) He rang- the bell. (4) The servant came. 

(5) "Take away the grate," said the philosopher, "before 
I am burned to death." 

(6) "Had you not better draw back your chair, sir," said 
John, waggishly. 

(7) '"Upon my word," said Sir Isaac, laughing, "I had not 
thought of that." 

231. Which sentence (if any) of the foregoing ex- 
ercise contains no noun ? 

232. What sentences, or clauses of sentences, in 
the exercise are not declarative ? 

233. If not declarative, what are they respectively? 

234. What is the subject of the principal clause of 
the fifth sentence ? 

235 What are the subjects of the other clauses of 
the fifth sentence ? 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. Ill 



236. Give the principal parts of '■'■drew," "kindled" 
4l grew" "rang.'' 

237. What four other irregular verbs in the exer- 
cise? 

238. Which verbs of the exercise are in the passive 
voice (or form)? 

239. Give the voice (or fo?*?n), mood, tense, person, 
number and subject of the last verb of the exercise. 

240. Parse one at least of the four following itali- 
cised words, taking your choice: "had" and. "draw" 
(sixth sentence) ; "upon" giving antecedent term of 
relation, and "that" (seventh sentence). 



(XI, 42.) GRAMMAR. 

Eleventh Regents' Examination, Feb. 17, 1870. 
(1:30— 3:00 P. M.) 
EXERCISE 

(1.) K. Henry. " Therefore, my lords, omit no happy 

hour, 
(2.) That may give furtherance to our expedition : 
(3.) For we have now no thought in us but France, 
(4.) Save those to God, that run before our business. 
(5.) Therefore, let our proportions for these wars 
(6.) Be soon collected ; and all things thought upon, 
(7.) That may, with reasonable swiftness, add 
(8.) More feathers to our wings ; for, God before, 
(9.) We'll chide this dauphin at his father's door. 
CIO.) Therefore, let every man now task his thought, 
(11.) That this fair action may on foot be brought." 

(Shakespeare's King Henry V., (nd of Act 1.) 

241. Make a list of all the parts of speech [or classes 
of words'] represented in the above ex jrcise. 

242. Make a list of all the parts of speech [if anv] 
not so represented. 

Give the part of speech of each of the following 
words : 

243. " but" [3d line;] " save" [4th line;] "thought" 
1 3d line;] " thought" [6th line.] 

244. "that" [2d, 4th, 7th and 11th lires, respect- 
ively.] 

245. Make a list of all the moods represented in the 
exercise. 



112 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

246. Give an example, from the exercise, of a verb- 
in each mood so represented. 

247. Parse " things " [6th line.] 

248. Parse "before" [4th line.] 

249. Parse " before " [8th line.] 

250. Parse "chide" [9th line,] giving principal 
parts, voice [or/wro,] mood, tense, person, number \ 
subject, and rule of syntax. 

251. In what case is each proper noun in the exer- 
cise? 

252. To what does " those" [4th line] refer ? 

253. Parse "furtherance". [2d line.] 

254. Parse "brought" [Llth line,] as required in 
question 10. 

3:30—4:30 p. m. 

255. What is a sentence f 

256. What are the essential parts, or elements of 
sentences ? 

257. How are sentences classified in regard to form? 

258. Give an example of a sentence in each of the 
varieties of form referred to in question 17. 

259. Decline each of the personal pronouns. 

260. Conjugate the verb be, in all the tenses, per- 
sons and numbers of the indicative mood. 

261. Conjugate the verb know, in all the tenses, 
persons and numbers of the potential passive. 

262. What is Syntax? 

263. Change the following sentence into the equiva- 
lent passive form : 

" Them that honor me, I will honor." 

264. Change into the equivalent active form : 

" He was admitted into this institution by some 
gentlemen who had been his father's friends." 

(XII, 46.) GRAMMAR. 

Twelfth Regents' Examination, June 9, 1870. 

(1:30— 3: 00 p. M.) 

EXERCISE. 

(1) "The common belief that the scales of the crocodile 

(2) will stop a bullet is very erroneous. 2. If a rifle is 

(3) loaded with the moderate charge of two and a half 



THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 113 



(4) drachms, it will throw an ounce ball through the 

(5) scales of the hardest portion of the back ; but were 

(6) the scales struck obliquely, the bullet might possibly 

(7) glance from the surface, as in like manner it would 

(8) ricochet [rebound] from the surface of the water. 3. 

(9) The Crocodile is so difficult to kill outright, that peo- 

(10) pie are apt to imagine that the scales have resisted 

(11) their bullets. 4. The only shots that will produce m- 

(12) stant death are those that strike the brain or spine 

(13) through the neck. ' '—Baker's Nile Sources of Abyssinia. 

289. What is the grammatical subject of the first 
.sentence of the exercise ? 

290. What is the logical subject [grammatical sub- 
ject and its modifiers] of the same sentence ? 

291. What is the logical predicate of the first 
sentence ? 

292. Parse the grammatical subject [Q. 1.] 

293. Parse " will stop " [2d line ] 

294. Parse "that" [1st line.] 

295. Parse the first verb of the second sentence [2. J 

296. Parse "it" [4th line.] 

297. Parse " through" [4th line.] 

298. Parse the verb of the clause " but were the 
scales struck obliquely" [5th and 6th lines.] 

299. Is the first sentence of the exercise simple, 
compound or complex in its structure? 

300. Find an infinitive verb in the exercise, and 
parse it. 

301. Find a relative pronoun, and parse it. 

302. What are the principal parts of " throw " [4th 

line ?] 

(3:30—4:30 p. m.) 

303. Parse "difficult" [9th line.] 

304. Parse "outright" [9th line.] 

305. What part of speech [or class of words] is 
■"apt" [10th line.] 

306. What part of speech is " that " in each of the 
four instances where it occurs in the 9th, 10th and 
11th lines? . 77 

307. Change " the scales have resisted their bullets, 
into the corresponding passive form, using the same 
words and only such additional ones as may be neces- 
sary. 



114 THE REGENTS* QUESTIONS. 

308. Conjugate "strike" in all the tenses, persons 
and numbers of the potential mood passive voice [or 
form.] 

. 309. Change Ihe latter sentence of the above exer- 
cise into the corresponding interrogative form, using 
precisely tbe same words, with only such change of 
arrangement as may be necessary. 

310. What is the primitive of " imagine.'''' 

311. What noun in common use is derived from the 
same root as "imagine? " 

312. What word may be used instead of "that " in 
the last sentence, without changing the sense or con- 
struction ? 

(xill, 50.) GRAMMAR. 

Thirteenth Regents' Examination, Nov. 10, 1870. 

(1:30— 3: 00 p. M.) 

EXERCISE, 

(1.) 1. " It was, as I have said, a fine autumnal day, the 

(2.) sky was clear and serene, and nature wore that rich 

(3.) and golden livery which we always associate with 

(4.) the idea of abundance. 2. The forests had put on 

(5.) their sober brown and yellow, while some trees of 

(6.) the teuderer kind had been nipped by the frosts into 

(7.) brilliant dyes of orange, purple and scarlet. 3. 

(8.) Streaming files of wild ducks began to make their 

(9.) appearance high in the air; the bark of the squirrel 

(10.) might be heard from the groves of beech and hickory 

(11.) nuts, and the pensive whistle of the quail at inter- 

(12.) vals from the neighboring stubble-field. Tiling's 

(13.) Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 

313. Select from the exercise one example each of 
primitive, derivative, simple and compound words. 

314. Select also a word containing three different 
liquids. 

315. Give a specimen word in each of the degrees 
of comparison represented in the exercise. 

316. Is the first sentence (or period) simple or com- 
pound ; and declarative, imperative, interrogative or 
exclamatory ? 

317. Write the several independent propositions in- 
volved in the first sentence (placing each in a line by 
itself). 



THE EEGENTS QUESTIONS. 



115 



318. Which words of the third sentence (or period) 
are used as grammatical (or simple) subjects) ? 

319. Which words of the same sentence are used 
as grammatical (or simple) predicates ? 

320. Parse the last grammatical subject of the ex- 
ercise. 

321. Parse the last grammatical predicate of the 

exercise. 

322. What passive verbs occur in the exercise ? 

323. Select from the exercise a verb in the infinitive 
mood and parse it. 

324 What is the part of speech (or class of words) 
of each of the following: "as " [1st line ;] " on " 
[•4th line ;] " yellow" [5th line ;] " high " [9th line .] 

325. Parse the verb in the 9th line. 

326. Parse "at v and "from" [11th and 12th lines.] 

(3:30—4:30 p. m.) 
Parse eacn of the following words [with special 
reference to accuracy and completeness :] 

327. "Day" [1st line.] 

328. ;i Serene " [2d line.] 

329. " Wore" [2d line.] 

330. " That" [2d line.] 

331. " Livery" [3rd line.] 

332. " Which" [3rd line.] 

333. Change " which we always associate with the 
idea of abundance" to its equivalent as to meaning, 
but having the verb in the passive voice [or form.] 

334. Change " nature wore that rich and golden liv- 
ery" to the corresponding interrogative form [as an 
independent sentence. ] 

335. Which tenses are represented in the several 
verbs of the above exercise ? 

336. Why is " associate " in a different tense from 
either of the other verbs of the sentence ; or, if un- 
able to answer the last question, you may tell whether 
"have said" is transitive or intransitive, and why, 
giving its object if it has one. 



116 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

(XIV, 54.) GRAMMAR. 

Fourteenth Regents' Examination, Feb. 23, 1871. 

(1:30—3:00 p. M.) 

EXERCISE— Genesis xlvii, verses 29—31. 
(1.) 29. And the time drew nigh that Israel must die ; 
(2.) and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him. If 
(3.) now I have found grace in^hy sight, put, I pray thee, 
(4.) thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly 
(5.) with me ; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt : 
(6.) 30. But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt 
(7.) carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying- 
(8.) place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. 
(9.) 31. And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware 

(10.) unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's 

(11.) head. 
i*iP All the questions refer to the above exercise. 

337. What different letters represent vowel [or vocal] 
sounds ? 

338. Write four of the words containing dipthongs, 
[or digraphs ?] 

339. What words of the 29th verse contain silent 
double-consonants ? 

Write a word [if any] belonging to each of 
the following classes, as indicated by italics, in ques- 
tions 304-346, inclusive : 

340. Nouns: — common; proper; abstract; com- 
pound. 

Personal Pronouns : 

341. — 1st Person: Sing, nom.; poss.; obj.; Plural. 

342. —2d Person: " " " " 

343. —3d Person: " " " " 

344. Relative pronouns : 

345. Verbs : indicative; subjunctive; potential; im- 
perative. 

346. An adjective; adverb; preposition; conjunction. 

347. What tenses occur in the 30th verse? 

348. Write the principal parts of four of the irreg- 
ular verbs. 

349. Write the 1st person singular of the verb 
"carry," 1 in each tense of the indicative mood. 

350. What are the differences between "swear" and 
"sware" [swore] (9th line), in respect to principal 
parts, mood, tense and person f 



the regents 1 questions. ^ 17 

(3:30— 4: 30 p. m.) 

351. What words might be used instead of "that 
(1st line). 

Parse the following words : 

352. The last verb in the 1st line. 

353. The last verb in the 2d line. 

354. "Hand" (3d line). 

355. "With" (4th line). 

356. "Thee" (5th line). 

357. "Bury" (4th and 7th lines). 

358. "Bed's" (10th line). , 

359. Give the equivalent grammatical expression 
for "the bed's heads" 

360. What is the modified (or logical) subject of the 
sentence "the time drew nigh that Israel must die f" 

If any scholars have time to spare, they will please 
write out an analysis of the 29th verse, according to 
any system with which they are familiar. 

(XV, 58.) GRAMMAR. 

Fifteenth Regents' Examination, June 8, 1871. 

(1:30— 3:00 p. M.) 

EXERCISE. 

(1) (a) Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale, 

(2) thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and de- 

(3) cidedly small in circumference, (h) But nature or m- 
<4) heritance had implanted a good sturdy spirit in Oliver s 

(5) breast, (c) It had had plenty of room to expand, 

(6) thanks to the spare diet of the 1 establishment ; and 

(7) perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his 

(8) having- any ninth birthday at all. id) Be this as it 

(9) may, however, it was his ninth birthday ; and he was 

(10) keeping it in the coal cellar with a select party of two 

(11) other voung gentlemen, who, after participating with 

(12) him in a sound threshing, had been locked up therein, 

(13) for atrociously presuming to be hungry ! Dickens 

(14) Oliver Twist, Chap. II. 

361. Mention all the different parts of speech (or 
classes of words) included in the first proposition or 
sentence (a). 

362. Which are the fundamental or essential words 
of this sentence (a): i e., the simple (or primary) 
subject, predicate and object f 



118 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

363. Which words of the sentence {a) are nouns in 
the objective case, and by what other word is each of 
these nouns governed? 

364. Which words of sentence (a) are adjectives, 
and to what substantive word does each of these ad- 
jectives belong? 

365. Whicn words of sentence (a) are adverbs, and 
what other word does each modify or limit ? 

366 Which words of sentence (b) are conjunctions, 
and what particular words (or parts) of the exercise 
does each connect? 

367. Give the subject, mood, tense, person, and num- 
ber of the verb in sentence (b). 

368. What does "#" (1th line) stand for or repre- 
sent ? 

369. Change sentence (b) to its full equivalent as to 
meaning, but having the verb in the passive voice ( or 

f<WWb). 

370. Change the phrase "in Oliver's breast" to its 
equivalent, having the proper name in a different case. 

371. What is the difference between the first and 
the second "had" in the 5th line of the exercise? 

372. Mention the numerical adjectives contained in 
the exercise, specifying each as cardinal or ordinal. 

373. What part of speech is "perhaps" (7th line)? 
371. What is the subject of "maybe attributed" 

(7th line)? 

(3:00— 1:30 P. M.) 

Parse the following words contained in the above 
exercise, beginning with sentence (c), line (5). 



375. Line 7th 
376 Line 8th 

377. Line 7th 

378. Line 8th 

379. Line 9th 

380. Line 11th; "who." 

381. Line 11th; "after." 

382. Line 13th ; "presuming." 

383. Line 13th; "hungry." 

384. Any one of the verbs in the infinitive mood. 



"to." 

"having." 

the finite verb in this line. 

"birthday." 

"birthday." 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 119 

(XVI, 62.) GKAMMAB. 

Sixteenth Regent? Examination, JYov, 9, 1871. 

(1:30— 3:00 p. m.) 

EXERCISE. 

(a) "Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of 
those means which the God of nature hath placed in our 
power, (b) Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles 
alone, (c) There is a just God, who will raise up friends 
to fight our battles for us. (cl) If we were base enoug-h 
to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. 
(e) There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. (/> 
Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on 
the plains of Boston, (g) Is life so dear, or peace so sweet 
as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? (70 
I know not what course others may take ; but as for me, 
give me liberty, or give me death !" 

385. Make a list of all the nouns in the first sen- 
tence (a). 

886. Make a list of all words used adjectively in 
sentence («). 

387. Give the principal parts of all the verbs in 
sentences (a) and (b). 

388. Select from the above exercise a verb to repre- 
sent each one of the different moods used in it, men- 
tioning the mood of each one named. 

389. Make a list of the tenses in the indicative mood, 
and then draw a line across the names of those not 
in this exercise. 

390. Make a list of all the passive verbs in the ex- 
ercise. 

391. Decline the personal pronoun of the first per- 
son, and the personal pronoun of the third person 
neuter gender ; then draw a line across each word of 
these lists that does not occur in the exercise. 

392. What part of speech (or kind of word) is 
"Si?','' in sentences (a) and (b)? 

393. Compare such adjectives of sentences {a) and 
(d) as admit of comparison. 

394. What is the difference, as to syntax, between 
the first and the second '*&," in sentence (d)? 

395. What word is the subject of sentence (e)? 

396. What is the predicate (grammatical or unmod- 
ified) of sentence (/>)? 



120 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

397. Give an example, from the exercise, of the 
following kinds of sentences: declarative, interroga- 
tive, imperative. 

398. Change sentence ( /) so that the same thought 
may be expressed, but using verbs in the active voice 
(or form} only. 

The following question may be answered in the 
place of any one of the foregoing, if preferred: — 
What is the difference, as to syntax, between "mt" 
and "death," in sentence (A)? 

(3:30— 4:30 p. m.) 

Parse the following words contained in the above 



cercise : 




399. 


Sentence (a) ; 


the second verb. 


400. 


Sentence (a) ; 


"ichich." 


401. 


Sentence (a) ; 


the third verb. 


402. 


Sentence (c) ; 


the last verb. 


403. 


Sentence (d) ; 


"enough " 


404. 


Sentence (e) ; 


"retreat." 


405. 


Sentence (/) : 


; " ' clanking. ." 


406. 


Sentence ( f) 


; the second verb, 


407. 


Sentence (h) ; 


"ichaty 


408. 


Sentence (h) : 


the last verb. 



(XVII, 66.) GRAMMAR. 

Seve?iteenth Regents' Examination, Feb. 27, 1872. 
(1:30— 3:00 p. m.) 

EXERCISE. 

(a) A country schoolmaster had two pupils, to one of 
whom he was partial, and to the other severe. (5) One 
morning it happened that these two boys were late, and 
were called up to account for it. (c) "You must have 
heard the bell, boys; why did you not come?" (d) "Please 
sir," said Tom, (the favorite,) "I was dreaming that I was 
going to Margate, and I thought the school-bell was the 
steamboat-bell." (e) "Very well," said the master, glad 
of anj r pretext to excuse his favorite, (f) "And now, 
Bill," turning to the other, "what have you to say?" (g) 
"Please, sir," said the puzzled boj T , "I— I— I was waiting 
to see Tom off !" 



THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 121 

Parse the following words contained in the above 
exercise • 

409. Sentence (a) ; the noun used as the subject of 
the sentence. 

410. Sentence («); "whom." 

411. Sentence (b) ; the first noun. 

412. Sentence (b) ; the third verb. 

413. Sentence (b) ; "account.''' 

414. Sentence (c) ; the first verb. 

415. Sentence (c) ; "boys." 

416. Sentence (c) ; the second verb. 

417. Sentence (d) ; "steamboat-bell." 

418. Sentence (e); "glad." 

419. Sentence (/); "what." 

420. Sentence (/); "have." 

421. Sentence (/) ; the last word. 

422. Sentence (g) ; "off." 

(3:30— 4:30 p. m.) 

423. Give an example of an adjective derived from 
a proper noun. 

424. Into what three (or four) classes are words di- 
vided, as to the number of their syllables? 

425. Give the first person plural of "go" in ail the 
tenses of the indicative mood. 

426. Give the passive, potential, pluperfect, third, 
singular of "examine." 

427. Give ten words commonly used as preposi- 
tions. 

428. What is the subject icord of the sentence con- 
stituting Q. 424 above ? 

429. Of what does Syntax treat? 

430. Write a sentence (or two sentences, if you 
prefer) in which the words "set" and "sit" are prop- 
erly used. 

431. Correct, ''If John had went to school, he 
would not now deserve punishment; but he done as 
he pleased and must take the consequences." 

432. Give a reason for each correction of false syn- 
tax, made in your answer to Q. 431. 



122 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

Scholars who have sufficient time may re-write the fol- 
lowing- letter, with the needed corrections as to general 
arrangement, capitals and punctuation ; and the satisfac- 
tory execution of the whole, including penmanship, will 
be allowed as two correct answers: 

baltimore feb 10 1872 dear father i have just re- 
turned from Washington where i spent two days very 
pleasantly i visited the capitol and saw mr browns 
cousin charles sumner who is you know one of the 
senators from massachusetts i also saw president 
grant and many other distinguished men whom i have 
not time to mention is mother well what did John get 
from santa claus has maria finished arithmetic this is 
rough paper bad ink and o what what a pen in haste 
good bye your affectionate son John kennedy. 



(XVIII, 70.) GRAMMAR. 

Eighteenth Regents Examination, June 6, 1872. 

(1:30—3:00 p. m.) 

EXERCISE. 

(a) As a man who was deeply involved in debt, was 
walking in the street with a very melancholy air, one of 
his acquaintances asked him why he was so sorrowful. 

(b) "Alas !" said he, "I am in a state of insolvency." (c) 
"Well," said his friend, "if that is the case, it is not you, 
but your creditors, who ought to wear a woeful counte- 
nance." 

Write each one of the following words, with its 
number prefixed, and immediately thereafter, the 
part of speech (or clans of words) to which it belongs : 

Sentence^): (433) As; (434) who : (435) deeply ; 
(436) debt; (437) in; (438) air; (439) one; (440) ac- 
quaintances; (441) asked ; (442) why ; (443) sorrowful. 

Sentence (b): (444)v4to; (445) he; (446) am. 

Sentence (c) : (447) Well; (448) that; (44i>) but; 
(450) your ; (451) ought ; (452) wear. 

Write each one of the following words, with its 
number prefixed, and im oiediately thereafter the word 
(or words) to which it is related as a principal ele- 
ment (subject, predicate or object). — if this be the case, 
— or to which it belongs as an adjunct, if it have 
either adiective or adverbial force: 



THE regents' questions. 123 

Sentence (a) : (453) man ; (454) who ; (455) very ; 
(456) melancholy ; (457) asked; (458) him ; (459) sor- 
rowful. . 

Sentence (b) : (460) he; (1Q1) state; (462) insolvency. 

Sentence (c) : (463) aaitf; (464) Aw?; (465) ^a«; (466) 
case; (467) ratf; (468) creditors; (469) ovgM; (470) 
wear; (471) woeful; (472) countenance. 

Select from sentence (a), a word in the (473) nomi- 
native case; one in the (474) possessive case; and one 
in the (475) objective case. [Number answers as be- 
fore ] 

Mention the (476) first verb of the exercise, and 
give its (477) voice (or form), (478) mood, (479) tense, 
and (480) subject. 

Give the (481) first, (482) second, (483) third, and 
(484) fourth principal parts of the last verb of the 
exercise. 

Give the third person, singular number of the first 
verb in sentence (b), in each of the tenses of the in- 
dicative mood, i. e. .* (485) present; (486) imperfect (or 
past); (487) future; (488) perfect (or prior present); 
(489) pluperfect (or prior past); (490) future perfect. 

Give the (491) comparative, and the (492) superlative 
forms of the last adjective of the exercise. 

(3:30— 4:30 P. M.) 

493. What word of the exercise has no syntax (or 
grammatical relation to other w< rds)? 

491. Select, from the exercise, an example of a 
simple sentence (or independent proposition). 

495. Is sentence (a) simple or compound, or complex 
in its structure? 

490. Answer the same question (495), with refer- 
ence to sentence (b . 

497. What is the grammatical subject of the princi- 
pal (or independent) clause of sentence (c.) ? 

498. Change i% ioas Wi/lking^ to the form of the plu- 
perfect (pi prior past) tense of the same mood 

499. i hange the verb of the expression ''was deep- 
ly involved''' 1 to the potential mood, perftct (or prior 
present) tense, of the same voice (or form). 



124 THE regents' questions. 

500. Change "one of his acquaintances asked him," 
to its equivalent having the verb in the passive voice. 

501. Change "ff that is the case"'' so that the verb 
shall be subjunctive in form. 

502. In what number is "who,"" in sentence (c)? 

503. In what words was the question referred to in 
sentence (a) put by the asker (or speaker)? 

504. What words does "with," in sentence (a) con- 
nect or show the relation between? 

505. What interrogative word occurs, sentence (#)? 

506. What kind of a conjunction is "but?" 

507. In what case is the word "case," sentence (c) ? 

508. In what tense is "ought," sentence (c) ? 

509. In what case is "countenance," sentence (c)? 

510. Weat word (potential mood sign) might be 
substituted for "ought to," in sentence (c) ? 

511. Of what words is "woeful" compounded? 

512. Which one of the five permanent vowels does 
not occur in "countenance V 



(XIX, 74.) GRAMMAR. 

Nineteenth Regents' Examination, Nov. 7, 1872. 

(1:30—3:00 P. M.) 

EXERCISE. 

t(«) "Sing- to me, dearest nightingale," said a shepherd 
to the silent songstress, one beautiful spring evening. 

T(b) "Alas!" said the nightingale, "the frogs make so 
much noise that I have no inclination to sing. Do you 
not hear them?" 

1(c) "Undoubtedly I hear them," replied the shepherd, 
but it is owing- to your silence." 

Write each one of the following words, with its 
number prefixed, and immediately thereafter, the 
part of speech [or class of icords] to which it belongs : 
1T(«): [513] Sing; [514] to; [515] me; [516] dearest; 
[517] nightingale; [518] spiking: — %(b) : [519] Alas! 
[520] so; [521] that; [522] no /—•[(c) : [523] owing 
Write each of the following words, with its num- 
ber prefixed, and immediately thereafter, describe it 
as the subject, predicate, object, adjective-adjunct (or 
modifier '>, or adverbial adjunct (as the case may be),, 
of the word to which it is syntactically related. 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 12a 



•;(«): [524] Sing; [525] said; [526] silent; [5 27] 
songstress; [528] 0>i<?/ [529] evening: — 1(6): ]530] 
noise; [531] inclination; [532] sm#: — 1(c)/ [533] 
owing; [534] silence. 

Select from 1(c) a word in the [535] nom.. one in 
the [536] poss., and one in the [537] obj. case. 

Mention the [538] second verb of 1(6 i ; and give its 
[538] voice (or form); [539] wcwZ; [540] te//&?/ and 
[54 1 J sw6;ect,- also the [542] first, [543] second, and 
[544] £/w>d principal parts of the same verb 

Change "frogs make''' to each corresponding tense- 
form of the ind. and poten. moods, viz. : [o4 '•'•] /V<tf. 
wrap, (or _/?«$•£); [o46]-/«£.; [547] per/ (ox prior pres.); 
[548] pluper [or pr. past]; [549] /wfc ^r.; [550] 
Poten. pres.; [551] ^i 9 - [or^is£]/ [552] £><??". [or jp?'. 
j?m ] [553] pluper [or jp?\ 2>#stf ] 

Give the [554] positive and [555] comp. forms of the 
first adjective; also the [556] comp. and [557] super. 
of the last adj. in l[a], that admits of comparison. 

Select from the exercise a pers. pronoun of each of 
the following forms: [558] Ixtpers., sing, num., nom, 
case; [559] 1st, sing., obj.; [560] 2d pers , sing , nam. ; 
[561] 2d pers., sing., poss.; [562] 3d pers., sing , nom.; 
[563] 3d pers. , plu. , obj. 

Give the word which each prepositional phrase [or 

adjunct] modifies: 1(a): [564] ; [565] ; 

[566] . [prep, understood]. — 1(6): [567] 

[infinitive]: — 1(c): [568]. 

(3:30—4:30 p. m.) 
Mention two of the prep, phrases that are used ad- 
jectively [56!)] ; [570] ; and two used ad- 
verbially [571] ; [572] — , in this exercise. 

573. Change "shepherd'" to the corresponding word 
denoting the feminine gender. 

574. What is the grammatical gender of "niglttiii- 
gale;" and [575] why ? 

576. What word of the exercise has no syntax [or 
grammatical relation to other words]? 

577. What noun of l[a] is independent, as to 
case f 



126 THE regents' questions. 



578. Is 1[«] a dimple, or a compound, or a complex 
sentence ? 

579 Answer the same question for If [J], first 
sentence ; and [580] second sentence ; and for [581] 

1M- 

582. Change "Do you hear them?" to the cor- 
responding declarative form. 

581 Change "the frogs make so much noise" to the 
equivalent expression having the verb in the passive 
voice [or form]. 

584. From what primitive word is "owing" de- 
rived ? 

585. Why is not "owing''' spelled oweingt 

586. Give the prefix, and each suffix [or affix] [587, 
588] of "undoubtedly." 

589. What is the subject of the principal [or inde- 
pendent] clause of 1[[c] V 

590-591. What is the subject of each subordinate [or 
dependent] clause of % [c] ? 

592. What substantive word, or expression, does the 
pronoun "it" stand for in ^|[cj? . 



(XX, 78.} GEAMMAE. 

Twentieth Regents' Examination, Feb. 27, 1873. 

(1:30—3:00 p. m.) 

EXERCISE. 

(a) A wasp met a bee that was just buzzing by, 

(b) And he said, "Dear cousin, can you tell me why 

(c) You are loved so much better by people than 1 '? 

(fj) Why, my back is as bright and as yellow as gold, 
(e) And my shape is most elegant, too, to behold ; 
(/) Yet nobody likes me for that, I am told!" 

(g) Says the bee : "My dear cousin, it's all very true ; 
(fi) But, then, they would love me no better than you, 
(i) If I were but half as much mischief to do!" 
Select from the exercise an example of each of the 

fo'lowing classes of words : 

Line [ft] : [593] noun; [594] verb, irregular; [595] 

verb, progressive form ; [*96] adverb. 

Line [b] : [597] / ronoun, 2d person; [598] pronoun, 

obj.case; [599] adjective; [<>oo] conjunction, copulative. 



THE KEGENTs' QUESTIONS. 127 



Line [c] : [601] verb, passive; [602] preposition. 

Write each one of the following words, and the 
part of speech [or class of wards'] to which it belongs : 

Line [a] : [603] that; [604] by. Line [b] : [605] 
why Line [c] : [606] better. Line [/] : [607] no- 
body; [608] that. Line [g]: [609] all. Line [A] • 
[610] than. Line [*"].• [611] fatf; [612] half; [613] 

Give the f our principal parts i. e., [1st. Ind. pyres.; 
2d. Ind. imp., past, or prat ; 3d. Participle, pres., or 
imp.; 4th. P«f«., ^er. or past], of each of the fol- 
lowing verbs : 

Line fa]; Met; [614]-; [615]-; [616]-; [617]-. 

Line [_d] : Is; [018]-; [619]-; [620]-; [621]-. 

Line [/]: Told; [622]-; [623]-; [624]-; [625]-. 

Write each of the following words, and describe it 
as subject, predicate, object, or modifier, of the word to 
which it syntactically belongs, giving that word : 

Line [a] : [626] wasp; [627] bee; [628] that. Line 
[b]: [629] you; [630] me. Line [c] : [631] better; 
[632] I Line [d] : [633] 2/^to; [6*4] ^ Line 
[6] : [635] elegant. Line [/] : [636] that. Line M : 
[637] bee. Line [a] : [638] miscliief 

Mention four prepositwmd (including infinitive) 
phrases used adverbially in the exercise ■ 
[639] ; [640] ; [641] ; [642] . 

Change "A wasp met a bee" to each of the other 
corresponding tense forms of the Ind. mood, viz.; 

[643] Pres. ; [644] per., or prior -pres. ; 

[645] plup.,oxpr. past, ; [646] fut. ■ 



[647] fut. per. 



(3:30— 4: 30 p. m.) 



_ 648. Change "was buzzing" to the correspondino- 
simple form. 

649 Change "canyon tell me" to the correspondino- 
declarative form. 

650 and 651. Change line [c] to the equivalent ex- 
pression having the verb in the active voice (or form) 

652. What would be the corresponding active form 
of "1 am told 1 '? line [/]. 



128 THE EEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

653. What transitive verb occurs in line [i]? 

654. What is the corresponding passive form of "fr> 
behold," line [<?]? 

Select from the exercise a verb belonging to each 
of the following classes : [655] Subj. mood; [656] 
Poten., pres ; [657] Poten., imp., or past; [658] In- 
finitive. 

659. What is the positive form of the word bette?', in 
lines [c | and [h] ? 

660. Is line [a], as a sentence, simple or compound, 
or complex t 

66 1 . Select from the exercise a simple sentence (or 
clause) containing a transitive verb. 

662. To what other word is but, in line [?'], equiva- 
lent? 

663. What other form of expression may be sub- 
stituted in line [i] for "If I were to do?" 

Mention the different punctuation marks that oc- 
cur in the Exercise : [664] ; [(>C>r>] ; 

[666] ; [667] ; [668]— . 

669. What are the marks "" called, and [670] 
what do they denote ? 

671. What is the mark in it's called, and [672] what 
does it denote? 



(XXI, 82.) GEAMMAB. 

Twenty-first Regents' Examination, June 5, 1873. 
(1:30— 3:00 p. M.) 

EXERCISE. 

(a) "Will you give my kite a lift?" said my little 
(ft) nephew to his sister, after trying- in vain to make 

(c) it fly by dragging it along the ground- Lucy 

(d) very kindly took it up and threw it into the air; 

(e) but her brother, neglecting to run off at the 
(/) same moment, the kite fell down again. 

(flf) "Ah! now, how awkward you are!" said the 
(70 little fellow. "It was your fault entirely," 
(i) answered his sister. "Try again, children," 
(./') said I. •' There is an old proverb which says, 
(/<■) 'Perseverance conquers all things.' " 

(Charlotte Elizabeth.) 



THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 129 

Select from the Exercise : 

Line [a] : a word used as [073] subject; [074 J object, 
direct; [075] verb, principal; [070] verb, auxiliary. 

Line [b] : [077] a dissyllable; [078] a derivative 
word. 

Line [c] .* [079] a word containing a diphthong. 

Line [d] : an [080] adverb of manner, and of [081] 
degree, or quantity 

Write each one of the following words, and the 
part of speech (or class of words), to which it belongs, 
as here used : 

Line [a] : [082] lift; [083] little. Line [ft] : [084] 
after; [085] trying; [080] maAtf. Line [c] : [087] fly; 
088] rt&m^. Line [6] ; [089] but; [090] 6>#. Line 
;/] : [091] down. Line [g] : [092] 4fc/; [093] awk- 
ward. 

Give the four principal parts (including the partici- 
ple in ing) of each of the irregular verbs in 

Line[d]: [094] ; [095] ; [690] ; [097] . 

" " [098] ; [099] ; [700] ; [701] . 

Line[/]: [702] ; [703] ; [704] ; [705 1 . 

Line [g]: [700] ; [707] ; [708] ; [709] . 

Write each of the following words, and describe it 
as subject nominative, predicate, object, adjective modi- 
fier, adverbial modifier, or attribute, of the word (ex- 
pressed or understood) to which it is syntactically re- 
lated, giving that word : 

Line [k] : each word; [710]-; [711]-; [712]-; [713]-. 

Line[j]/ [714] proverb; [715]/; [716] an; [717] 
which. 

Line [i] : [718] Try. Line [h]: [719] fault. 

Line [&] : [720] trying; [721] make. 

722. Which noun in the exercise has no syntactical 
relation to other words? 

Change "the kite fell down," to each of the other 
tense forms of the Ind. mood, prefixing to each form 
the name of the tense : 
[723] ; [724] ; [725] ; [720] ; [727]—. 

(3:30—4:30 p. m.) 

Compare "little;' line [a]: [728]-; [729]-; [730]-. 



H50 THE regents' questions. 

What would be the corresponding [731] declarative 
and [732] imperative forms of "Will you give my kite 
a lift?" 

733. What derivative of "vain''' might be substi- 
tuted for Hn vain" in line [b]? 

Mention each infinitive ve,> b in the Exercise : 
[734] ; [735] ; [736] . 

737. What noun does the first "my" in line [a] 
represent? 

738. Answer the same question in regard to the 
second "my" in line [«]. 

Give the [739] mood, [Unperson, and [741] num- 
ber of "try" line [i]. 

742. How would "conquers" be w-itten, if spelled 
according to its elementary sounds ? 

743. What special rule, or '/emark, of syntax is ap- 
plicable to "fly," line [c]? 

744. What words nfter "I" in line [j] might be 
omitted without impairing the sense ? 

745. What relation was the writer (Charlotte Eliza- 
beth) to Lucy and her brother, judging from the above 
narrative? 

746. Why is not Ihe first word in line [k] spelled 
persevereance ? 

747. Change line [k] to its equivalent having the 
verb in the passive voice or form. 

Change the answer to Q. 747, to express each of 
the other tenses of the indicative passive : 
[748]-; [749]-; [750]-; [751]-; [752]-. 



(XXII, 86.) GRAMMAR. 

Twenty-second Regents' Examination, Nov. 6, 1873% 
(1:30—3:00 P. M.) 
EXERCISE. 

«] A person Avho called one day at a house at 

*6] which his visits had been more frequent than 

c] welcome, was told by the servant that her 

cQ master had gone away. "Oh, well, never mind," 

[e] said he, "I'll speak to your mistress.'* "She has 

[f] also gone out, sir," the maid x-eplied. Not liking- 
[r/] to be denied admission, the man added: "As it 



THE KEGENTS QUESTIONS. 



131 



[h] is a cold day, I'll step in and sit by the fire a 

[£] few minutes." " Ah, sir, but that is gone out, too," 

[7] said the girl ; by which time the luckless visitor 

[/f] concluded that it was best for him to stay out. 

Write each one of the following words, and its part 
of speech [or class of words], as here used : 

Line [a] : [753] who; [754] one; [755] at. Line 
[b] : [756] visits; [757] more; [758] than. Line [c] : 
[759] that. Line [d] : [760] away; [761] nevtr; [762] 
mind. Line [/] : [763] sir; [764] liking Line [£] : 
[765] that Line [A]: [766] conclude!-; [767] &*«. 

768-770. Select from the Exercise and write in a 
column, the first ten words which are used as simple 
subjects, numbering them [768] to [777] inclusive, and 
opposite each one of these, write the verb agreeing 
with it. 

778-780. Select from the Exercise an adjective of 
each degree of comparison. 

Give the four principal parts (including the partici- 
ple in ing) of each of the irregular verbs in 



Line [b] : [781] ; [782 

Line [c] : [785] ; [786 

Line[d]: [789] ; [790 

Line [e] : [793] ; [794 



[783] — 

[787] ; 

[791] ; 

[795] ; 



784 
788 
792 
796 



Write each of the folloioing words, and describe it as 
subject nominative, predicate, object, adjective modifier, 
adverbial modifier, or attribute, of the word (expressed 
or understood) to which it is syntactically related, 
giving that icord : 



Line [a] : 


"797" 


day; [798] house. 


Line [b] : 


799' 


his. L ne [c]: [801] welcome. 


Line [d] : 


801 


never; [802] mind. 


Line [/]: 


'803' 


liking. Line [g~\ : [804] admission. 


Line [//] : 


= 805 = 


day; [806] sit 


Line [J] : 


SOT 


which. 



(3:30-4:30 p. M.) 
808-809. Mention each infinitive verb in the Exer- 



cise. 



What nouns do the following pronouns stand for? 
Line [&]: [810] his. Line \e]: [811] your. Line 
[k] : [S12] him. 



182 THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



813-814 Mention each relative pronoun in the Ex- 
ercise, and its antecedent. 

Write the folloioing words, and give the gender of 
each, according to its signification as here used : 

Line [a]: [815] person. Line [b]: [81(5] which. 
Line [c]: [817] servant. Line [j]: [818] visitor. 

819. What word (not included in the Exercise) de- 
noting masculine gender, corresponds to maid f 

820. What word denoting feminine gender, corres- 
ponds to sir f 

821-8.22. Mention the passive verbs contained in the 
Exercise. 

823-821. Give the mood and tense of sit, line [h], 

825. Change '"A person ioas told by tlie servant" to 
the equivalent expression having the verb active. 

826. To which of the following classes of words 
does wel(l)come, line [c], belong: primitive, derivative, 
simple, or compound ? 

827. Why is liking, line [/], spelled without an ef 
828-832. Change "Til step in" line [h], to each of 

the other tense forms of the indicative active, giving 
the tense nam' of each. 

(XXIII, 90. ) GEAMMAR. 

Twenty-third Regents' Examination, Feb. 2G, 1874. 

(1:30— 3:00 p. M.) 

EXERCISE. 

[a] A Fir, upon a humble Thorn, 

[b~] From his high top, looked doAvn with scorn. 

[c] "For loftiest spires we grow," he said ; 

[d] "Of us the tallest masts are made. 

[<?] While thou, poor Bramble, canst produce, 

[ f] Nothing- of ornament or use." 

[r/] 'Great tree," the modest Thorn replied, 

[/»] "When the sharp axe shall pierce your side, 

[i] In vain vou then may wish to be, 

[./] Unsought for and unknown like me." 

Write each one of the following words, and its part 
of speech (or class of words), as here used : 

Line [a]: [833] upon; [834] humble. Line [b] : 
~ down. Line [h]: [838] side. Line 



[835] looked; [836 



THE KEGENTS QUESTIONS 



133 



\i}: [839] then; [840] wish. Line [;*]: [P41] unknown; 
[842] like. 

Select from the Exercise, and write in a column, 
eight words which are used as simple subjects, num- 
bering them from [843] to [850] inclusive ; and oppo- 
site each of these subjects, write the verb {principal 
and auxiliary, if any,) agreeing with it. 

Give the Rule of Syntax for [851] subject words, 
and that for [852] finite vei bs. fUTThe language of 
the rule, and not merely its number, is to be given. 

Write in a column all the finite verbs in the Exer- 
cise (including auxiliaries, if any), and opposite each 
verb give its ' voice (or form), mood, tense, person and 
number, arranging the work thus : 



Finiti 
Verbs 


Voice. 


Mood. 


Tense. 


Person 


Number. 


_ 


853— 


854— 


855—, 


856—; 


857—. 





858— 


859— 


860—; 


861— 


862—. 


— _ 


863— 


864— 


865—; 


866— 


867—. 


— _ 


868— 


869-; 


870—; 


871— 


872—. 


— _ 


873— 


; 874— 


; 875—; 


876— 


877—. 


— _ 


878— 


; 879— 


880—; 


881— 


882—. 


— . 


883— 


; 884— 


; 885—: 


886— 


; 887—. 


— . 


888— 


; 889— 


; 890—; 


891— 


892—. 



(3:30—4:30 p. m.) 

What nouns do the following pronouns stand for ? 

Line [b] : [893] his. Line [h] : [894] your. 

What is the grammatical gender of toe, line [c\ f 

Write in a column all the prepositional phrases con- 
tained in the first four lines of the exercise, and be- 
fore each phrase write the word to which such phrase 
syntactically relates : 
896 ; 897 ; 898 ; 899 ; 900 . 

Give the four principal parts (including the partici- 
ple in ing) of the verb in line [d] : 

901 ; 902 ; 903 ; 904 . 

Change lines [e] and [/] to the equivalent expres- 
sion having the verb passive. If correct in all re- 
spects, the answer may count as [905] — ; [906] — ; 
[907]-. 



134: THE regents' questions. 

In what case is [1)07] use, line [/']? 

What is the syntax of [909] Bramble, line [e] ? 

910. Change line [i] to the corresponding fornu 
having the verb in the indicative mood. 

Change line [h] to the corresponding forms having 
the verb in the [911] perfect or prior present tense, and 
in the [912] second future, ox future perfect tense. 

What "figure of speech" is employed in the above 
Exercise? The correct answer to this question may 
be counted as one. 



(XXIV, 95.) GRAMMAR. 

Twenty- fourth Regents' Examination, June 4, 1874. 
(1:30—3:00 p. m.) 

913-920. Make a list of the eight parts of speech (or 
classes of icords), and define each. 

921. Compare an adjective by one of the two regu- 
lar modes of comparison, [922] and an adverb by the 
other. 

Write the plurals of [923] elegy; [924] church; and 
[925] piece; and state in what way each plural is 
formed. 

According to what rule or principle [926] is write- 
ing made writing, [927] and n doubled in beginning f 

Write in a column the followiug names, with the 
prefixed numbers, and annex to each name an exam- 
ple of the class which it represents : 

[928] vowel; [929] liquid; [930] palatal; [931] 
double consonant; [932] diphthong; [933] word, prim- 
itive; [934] derivative; [935] compound; [936] sen- 
tence, simple; [937] compound; [938] adjective, 
ordinal. 

What modifications {properties, or accidents) belong 
to nouns, and what are the several kinds of each ? 

Mention two modifications belonging to verbs only. 
with their kinds : [913] ; [944] . 

Conjugate th« verb see, according to the following 
outline : 

94.">. Principal Parts (including participle in ing) ; 
writing its name over each part. 



THE regents' questions. ) 35 



Indicative Mood, First Person, Plural. 
Name of Tense. Active Form. Passive Form. 

946 

947 

948 

949 

950 

951 



Potential, Third, Plural. 

952 

953 

954 _ 

955 _ 

Subjunctive, Third, Singular. 

956 ■ 

957 

958 — 

959 — 

960 — 

961 — 

962 — 



Imperative, Second, Plural. 



Infinitives. 



Participles. 



(3:30—4-30 p. m.) 

EXERCISE. 

[a] Gray's •' Elegy Writ' en in a Country Churchyard" 
\ti] is a masterpiece from beginning- to end. The 
\c] thoughts, indeed, are obvious enough, but the dig- 
Ed] nity with which they are expressed, the immense 
[e] range of allusion and description with which they 
[/] are illustrated, and the finished grace of the language 
[g] and versification in which they are embodied, give to 
\Ji\ this work something of that inimitable perfection 
[i] of design and execution which we see in an antique 
[.;'] statue or a sculptured gem. Shaw's Eng. Lit. 

Analyze the first sentence of the Exercise, giving 
[963] the simple (or grammatical] subject; [964] the 
simple predicate; [965] the modified or logical subject; 
and [966] the modified predicate. 



136 THE regents' questions. 



Write in a column all the prepositional phrases in 
the first sentence of the Exercise, and prefix to each 
the word (or words) which it modifies : 

967 ; 968 ; 969 . 

Parse [970] written; [971] country; [972] master- 
piece. 

Write each of the following words, and describe it as 
subject, predicate, object, adjective modifier, adverbial 
modifier, or attribute, as the case may be, of the word 
or words, to which it is syntactically related, giving 
such word (or words): 

Line c : [973] obvious ; [974] enough. Line d : 
[975] they. Line e: [976] range; [977] which. Line g: 
[978] give ; [979] versification Line h : [980] some- 
thing. Line i: [981] which. 

982-989. Write in a column all the personal and 
relative pronouns of the Exercise, in the order in 
which they occur, and annex to each the noun (or 
nouns, expressed or understood) for which it stands. 

If the first word of line c were made singular, what 
other words following in the sentence would also, on 
that account, require to be chaneed, as often as each 
occurs? 990 to ; 991 tc . 

992. Change which we see, line i, to the equivalent 
expression having the verb passive. 



(XXV, 100.) GRAMMAR. 

Twenty-fifth Regents' Examination, Nov. 5, 1874. 

(1:30— 3:00 p. M.) 

Define each of the following grammatical terms : 
[993] Grammar; [994] Eng. Grammar; [995] a Ut- 
ter of the alphabet ; [996] a syllable ; | 997] a word; 
[998] a phrase; [999] a clause; [1000] a sentence. 

1001-1004. Into whsAfour parts is grammar usually 
divided ? 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



137 



100 s ). Which c ne of those parts is usually studied 
in the spelling book ? 

100b\ To which one of those parts does punctuation 
belong ? 

Mention the several modifications {prop rties or acci- 
dents) of nouns ; the different kinds of each modifica- 
tion ; and give a specimen noun of each kind, ar- 
ranging the whole thus : 
Modifications. Kinds of Each. Specimen Nouns. 



1007- 



1011- 



1008- 



- 1012- 



1009- 



1013- 



1010- 



1014- 



1015- 
1016- 
1017- 

1018- 
1019- 
1020- 

1021- 
1022- 

1023- 
1024- 
1025- 



1026-1030. Decline each of the personal pronouns, 
arrangiug the work in regular form. 

1031. Mention four words commonly used as rela- 
tive pronouns. 

Give an example of a [1032] regular, and o! an 
irregular comparison of adjectives. 

1033-1039. Give the passive, first person, plural 
forms of the verb examine, in the several tenses of 
the indicative mood, — prefixing the name of the tense 
to each form. 

1040. Give the active imperative, [1041] the passive 
infinitive, and the [1042] participial forms of same 
verb. 

(3:15—4:15 P. M.) 
EXERCISE. 

[a] If our overworked professional men and stu- 

[6] dents should imitate Sir Henry Holland in taking 

[c] an annual two months' vacation, and once a year, 

[d] like Antaeus, touch old mother earth among the 



138 THE regents' questions. 



[<?] salmon and trout streams of the breezy Canadian 
[/] hills or Adirondacks, they would return vastly 
[q] invigorated to battle with the realities of city life. 
[ft] Let no novice be deterred from a trial, for he will 
[i] find it very exhilarating, even if for a time he 
[j] take no fish. The Galaxy, Nov., '74, p. 617. 

Write the first verb of the Exercise, and give its 
[1043] subject, [1044] object, [1045] mood and [1046] 
tense. 

Write each of the following words, and describe it 
as subject, jyredicate, o'ject, adjective modifier, or ad- 
verbial modifier, as the case may be, of the word (or 
words, expressed or understood), to which it is syn- 
tactically related, giving such word or words : 

Line a : [1047] ovemcorked. Line b : [1048] Piking. 
Linec: 1 1049] months'; [1050] vacation; [105 1] 
year. Lined: [1052] Ahtceus; [1053] touch; [1054] 
mother; [1055] earth. Line e : [1056] trout; [1057] 
streams. Line /; [1058] Adirondacks. I ine g : 
[1059] invigorated; [1060] battle; [1061] city. Line 
h: [1062] he. Line/: [1063] it; [1064] very; [1065] 
exhilarating. 

1066. What 'passive verb occurs in the exercise ? 

1087. Change even if for a time he take no fish, 
lines i, j, to the equivalent expression having the verb 
passive. 

1068. Give the four principal parts of take, line ,/, 
(including the participle in ing.) 

Parse [1069] if, line a; [1070] in, line b; [1071] 
line d; [1072] no, line h. (In parsing, give the rule 
of syntax for each of these words). 



(XXVI, 105.) GEAMMAE. 

Tirenty-tixth BegenW Examination, Feb. 25. 1875. 

(1:30— 3:00 P. M. ) 

1073. Write, and define or describe each of the fol- 
lowing grammatical terms: [1074] person; [107."] 
number; [1076j case; [1077] pronoun; [1078] rela- 
tive pronoun; [1079] tease; [1080 j interjection. 



THE regents' questions. 139 



1081. Write a sentence (or sentences) containing 
eight different parts of speech (or classes of words); 
and [1082-1089 j above one word of each class write 
the name of the part of speech to which it belongs. 

Write an example of [1090] a noun in the pos- 
sessive case; [1091] a personal pronoun, in the first 
person, plural] [1092] a relative pronoun in the ob- 
jective form ; and [1<>93] a verb in the passive, indica- 
tive, present. 

Write the different kinds of each modification 
(property or accident) of verbs as named below, and 
give an example of each kind from the verb see, with 
a subject prefixed, arranging the work thus : 

Modifica- Kinds of each Examples, from verb 
tions. Modification. see, with subjects. 

Voice (m- 1ftQ , < (1108 

Form . J u J * 1 "1 1 109 

fl09:~ flllO 

| 109C j 1111 

Mood. { 1097 <i 1112 

| 1098 | 1113 

L1099 IHM 

r lioo riiifi 

; tioi | me 

7 , ! 1102 ! 1117 

lense. S i 10 3 11 '8 



1104 I 1119- 



[. 1 105 L 1120 

( ( 

Person 110(5 1121- 

( ( 

Number. 1 1 < > 7 i ~ 1 1 22 < ~ 

( ( 

&T Answers to the following supplementary ques- 
tions may be added, for which due credit will be 
given : 

1153. What is the name of that part of Grammar 
which includes the classification aud inflection of 
words ? 



140 THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



Give a suitable form or model for parsing [1154] a 
noun; [1155] an adjective; [1156] a r. latire pronoun; 
and [1157] a prepostion. 

Meution a mvmerical adjective of the [1158] cardinal 
and one of the [1150] ordinal kind. 

1 160. Give the principal parts of the verb give. 

(3:15 — 4:15 p. m.) 

EXERCISE. 

[a] "Socrates was never in haste that his followers 
[b~\ should become skillful in speaking, in action, or 
[c] in invention ; but. previously to such accomplish- 
ed] ments, he thoug-ht it proper that a love of self- 

[e] control should be instilled into them : for he 

[f] considered that persons who had acquired those 
Hi] qualifications were, if devoid of self-control, only 
[h] better fitted to commit injustice and do mischief." 

Memorabilia, IV, Hi, 1. 

Mention the 1 1128] subject, [1124] the simple or 
grammatical predicate, the [1125] modified, or logical 
predicate, and [1126] the adjuncts or modifiers con- 
tained in the proposition. il Socrates tras never in 
haste.'" 

1127. By what is this proposition further modified, 
limited or explained in the exercise? 

1128. Write the proposition beginning with "his," 
line a, and give [1129] the simple or grammatical sub- 
ject; [1130] the modified or logical pred'cate; [1131] 

the copula and [1132] the attribute of the predicate ; 
[1133] the adjunct \ox modifier) of the subject; and 
[1134] the adjuncts or modifiers of the predicate. 
(Designate each of these answers by one of the above 
names. ) 

What other words of 
the Exercise are used as 
simple or gr.ammatic d sub- 
jects ? 

1135 1140 

1136 1141 

1137 1142 

1138 1148 

1139 1141 



Write after these sub- 
jects, the verbs (principal 
and auxiliary, if any,) 
agreeing with them : 



THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 141 



Which verbs of the Exercise are in the potential 

mood? [1145] ; [114(1] ■ and which 

in the infinitive? [1147] ; [1148] . 

Compare [114!)] the adjective in line b, and (1150) 
"better,* line h. scs^g 

Parse (1151) "previously" line c, and (1152) the 
second verb in line/. 



(XXVIT, 110.) GEAMMAE. 

Twenty-seventh Regents' 1 Examination, June 3, 1875. 
(1:30— 3:00 p. M.) 

1161. Mention the four general divisions of Gram- 
mar. 

Under which of these general divisions is each of 
the following subjects included ? 

1162. Classification of icords, as to us3. 

1163. Classification of letters. 

11 64. Rules for agreement and government'pf words. 

1 1 65. Versification (or poetry). 

1166. Rules for spelling. 

Give a proper definition of each of the following 
terms: iSiTBe careful to mention the term defined, in 
connection with each definition. (1167) Verb; (1168) 
passive verb; (1169) irregular verb; 1 1170) intransitive 
verb; (1171) mood; (1172) potential mood ; '(1173) 
tense; (1174) future tense; (1175) preposition; (1176) 
conjunction. 

Write sentences containing, respectively, an exam- 
ple of 

1177. An adjective., in the comparative, degree. 

1178. An adverb, of manner. 

1179. A disjunctive conjunction. 

1180. An infinitive verb, without "to" prefixed. 

1181. A relative pronoun, in the objective case. 

1182. Why are certain parts of verbs called "prin- 
cipal parts ? n (11 83-1 1 85 ) W hich are the three prin - 
cipal parts of verbs (other than the present participle)? 

Write (1186) a regular verb, and (1187) an irregular 
verb, and place after each its additional principal 
parts, including the participle iu ing. 



142 THE regents' questions. 



1188 Decline the personal pronoun of the 3d per- 
son, feminine gender. 

Give an example of the comparison of adjectives 
(1189) b y prefixes, and (1190) by suffixes. 
. Give the rule of syntax for 

1191. A vei'b agreeing with two or more subjects 
connected by and. 

1192. A pronoun, as related to its antecedent noun. 

1193. For same cases before and after verbs. 

1194. For a verb in the infinitive mood. 
1195-1208. Give the active and passive forms of 

"strike" with "T" (or thou) as subject of each, in the 
several tenses of the finite moods : also, (1209) the 
present infinitives and (1210) present participles, active 
and passive. 

(3:15—4:15 P. M ) 

EXERCISE. 

(a) 'Our fathers raised their flag against a power 

(6) to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and 

(c) subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is 

(cf) not to be compared,— a power which has dotted 

(e) the surface of the whole globe with her possessions 

(f) and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, 

(g) following the sun in his course, and keeping pace 
(h) with the hours, circles the earth with one continu- 
es ous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of 
(j) England."— Webster. 

1211. Write the first verb of the exercise, and give 
its subject and object. 

What other (1212) finite verbs, (1213) what infinitive 
and (1214) participles occur in the Exercise? 

1215. Change "ivhich has dotted the surface of the 
lohole globe," to the equivalent expression having the 
verb in the passive voice (or form). 

1215-1222. Write in a column (midway between the 
right and left sides of your paper) the several prepo- 
sitions in lines a, c, e and h, and place before and 
after each preposition the words between which it 
shows relation. 

Write each of the following words, give its part of 
speech (^or class), and describe it as the subject, object, 
predicate, adjective modifier, or connective, as the case 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 143 

may be, of the word (or words) to which it is syntac- 
tically related, giviny such word (or words) : 

1223. Their, line a;— (1224) subjugation; (1225) 
Rome, line c; — (1226) surface, line e;— (1227) posts ; 
(1238) whose; (1229) and, line/;— (1230) sw?v (1231) 
keeping, lineg; — (\2Z2~) circles, line h; — (1233) strain, 
line i. 

1234. In what case is power, line d ? 

Parse (1235) the first verb, and (1236) the second 
verb, in line d; — (1237) morning; (1238) drum-beat, 
line /; — (1239) following, line g. &T In parsing, be 
careful to give the properties {modifications or at- 
tributes) of nouns and wrfo, and the syntax of each 
word. 

1240. Select a derivative word from line i. 

(XXVIII, 115.) GRAMMAR. 

Twenty-eighth Regents' Examination, Nw>. 4, 1875. 

(1:30— 3:00 p. m.) 

EXERCISE. 

If («) "Sing to me, dearest nightingale," said a 
shepherd to the silent songstress, one beautiful spring 
evening. 

If (b) "Alas!" said the nightingale, "the frogs 
make so much noise, that I have no inclination to 
sing. Do you not hear them ? " 

1(c) " Undoubtedly I hear them," replied the 
shepherd, "but it is owing to your silence." 

Write each of the following words, with its num- 
ber prefixed, and immediately thereafter, the part of 
speech (or class of words) to which it belongs : 

If (a): (1241) Sing; (1242) to; (1243) me; (1244) 
dearest; (1245) nightingale; (1246) spring :— f (b) : 
(1247) Alas / ; (1248) so; (1249) that; (1250) no:— 
f (c): (1251) owing 

Write each of the following words, with its num- 
ber prefixed, and immediately thereafter, describe it 
as the subject, predicate, object, adject 've modifier, or 
adverbial modifier, (as the case may be,) of the word 
to which it is syntactically related : 



144 THE regents' questions. 

f (a): (1252) Sing; (1253) said; (1254) silent; 
(1235) songstress ; (1250) one ; (1257) evening :—^(b): 
(1258) noise; (12591 inclination; (1260) sing: — f(c): 
(1261) owing; (1262) silence. 

Select from %(c) a word in the (1263) nom., one in 
the (1264) poss., and one in the (1265) obj. case. 

Mention the second verb of !(&).' and give its (1266) 
voice (or form) : (1267) mood; (1268) tense; and 
(1269) subject: also, the (1270) first, (1271) second, 
and (1272) third principal parts of the same verb. 

Change ^ frogs make," to each of the other tense 
forms of the indie, and proten. moods, giving names 
of tenses, and arranging them as follows : 

Tenses. Ind. Mood. Poten Mood. 

Present. Frogs make. (1278) . 

(1273) (1279) . 

(1274) (1280) . 

(1275) 1 1281) . 

(1276) 

(1277) 



Give the (1282) positive and (1283) comp. forms of 
the first adjective ; also the (1284) comp. and (1285) 
super, of the last adj. in ^f (a), that admits of com- 
parison. 

Select from the exercises a pers. pronoun of each of 
the following forms: (1286) 1st pers., sing., num., 
nom. case; (1287) 1st pers., sing., obj.; (1288) 2d 
pers., sing., nom. ; (1289) 2d pers., sing., pess. ; (1290) 
3rd pers., sing., nom.; (1291) 3rd pers.,plu., obj. 

Give the word which each prepositional phrase (or 

adjunct) modifies: f («): (1202) ; (1293) ; 

(1294) [prep, understood^ — f (b): (1295) 

[infinitive:']— 1 [c): (1296)- . 

Parse (1297) Undoubtedly (1298) / (1200) hear 
(1300) them. 

(3:15 — 4:15 p. M.) 

EXERCISE. 

(a) As a man, who was deeply involved in debt, was 
walking in the street with a very melancholy air, one of 
his acquaintances asked him why he was so sorrowful. 
<h) "Alas! " said he, " f am in a state of insolvency." (c) 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 145 



*'Well," said hi8 friend, "if that is the case, it is not you, 
but your creditors, who ought to wear a woeful counte- 
nance." 

1301. What word of the exercise has no syntax f 

1302. Select, from the exercise, an example of a 
simple sentence (or independent proposition). 

1303. Is sentence (a) simple or compound, (or com- 
plex) ? 

1304. What is the grammatical subject of the princi- 
pal (or independent) clause of sentence (c) ? 

1305. Change "was walking" to the form of the plu- 
perfect {past per. or prior past) tense of the same 
mood. 

1306. Change the verb of the expression "was deep- 
ly involved" to the potential mood, perfect {present 
perfect or prior present) tense, of the same voice (or 
form). 

1307. Change "one of his acquaintances asked him," 
to its equivalent having the verb in the passive voice. 

1308. Change "if that is the case" so that the verb 
shall be subjunctive in form, and (1309) parse case. 

1310. In what number is "who," in sentence (c)? 

1311. In what words was the question referred to in 
sentence (a) put by the asker (or speaker) ? 

1312. What words does "toith," in sentence (a) con- 
nect or show the relation between? 

1313. What interrogative word occurs, sentence (a)? 

1314. What kind of conjunction is "but ?" 

1315. In what case is the word "case" sentence {c) ? 

1316. In what tense is "ought," sentence (c) ? 

1317. In what case is "countenance," sentence (c)? 

1318. Weat word (potential mood sign) might be 
substituted for "ought to," in sentence (c) ? 

1319. Of what words is "woeful" compounded? 

1320. Which one of the five permanent vowels does 
not occur in "countenance?" 



146 THE regents' questions. 

(XXIX, 120.) GRAMMAR. 

Twenty-ninth Regents' Examination, Feb. 24, 1876. 
(1:30— 3:00 P. M.) 

1321-1322. Mention, and define, the two parts of 
speech (or classes of words) most frequently used. 

Decline, in full, (1323) we; (1324) her; (1325) who. 

Give the two positives of (1326), (1327) worse, and 
those of (1328), (1329) most. 

Write a sentence (or sentences) in which that is 
properly used as (1330) a relative ; (1331) an adjective ; 
(1332) a conjunction. 

1333. Correct; "The teacher sent for you and I ; " 
and (1334) give the reason for the correction. 

1335. Change the sentence : "Those girls are writ- 
ing on their slates," by making the subject singular, 
and the other words correspond in sense. 

1336. What kind of a sentence, as to form, is that 
quoted in Q. 1335, and (1337) what would that sen- 
tence become if changed to the interrogative form ? 

1338-1339. Change the sentences "I shall go," 
and "I will go," by making each subject of the third 
person, singular, and by using the proper auxiliary 
to express future time simply, in the former sentence, 
and a purpose or determinati&n in the latter. 

1340-1341. Correct : "Four month's interest are 
due on this note," and (1342), (1343) give the reasons 
for each correction. 

Define (1344) mood; (1345) tense; (1346) person; 
(1347) number ; as applied to verbs. 

1348-1352. Write in a column the names of the 
several moods of verbs, and after each name, give a 
sentence containing a verb in that mood. 

1352-1358. Write in a column the names of the 
several tenses of verbs, and after each name give the 
corresponding tense-form of some verb, in the in- 
dicative mood. 

Give the principal parts of (1359) rise ; (1360) raise; 
(1361) sit; (1362) set; and (1363)-(1364) write sen- 
tences containing an example of the proper use of 
each of these verbs. 



THE EEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 147 

How is the (1367) passive voice (or f arm) of any verb 
formed ; and how the (1368) progressive form ? 

Write two sentences in one of which (1369) & phrase, 
and in the other (1370) a clause (or proposition) is used 
as the subject. 

Give the principal parts of each of the following 
verbs: (1371) were; (1372) went ; (137 '3) had fought ; 
(1374) might have been found ; (1375) may have talked. 

Analyze the sentence : (1376) Let him go ; (1377)- 
(1379) and parse each word. 

1380. What particular name is given to that part of 
a verb which ends in ingl 



(3:1/5— 4:15 p. m.) 

(a.) These things that are not practicable, are not 

(b.) desirable. There is nothing in the world really 

(c.) beneficial that does not lie within the reach of an 

(d.) informed understanding and a well-directed pur- 

(e.) suit. There is nothing that God has judged good 

(/.) for us, that he has not given us the means to ac- 

(g.) complish, both in the natural and the moral world. 

(h.) If we cry, like children, for the moon, like children 

(£.) we must cry on. [Burke. . 

Write each of the following words, with its num- 
ber prefixed ; mention its part of speech (or class of 
words); and describe it as the subject, predicate, object, 
adjective-modifier, adverbial modifier, or connective, as 
the case may be, of the word (or words) to which it 
is grammatically related, giving such word [or woi'ds) : 

Line [a) : 1381) that ; (1382) the second verb. 

Line (b) : (1383) nothing. 

Line (c) : (1384) beneficial ; (1385) the verb in that 
line. 

Lines (d, e) : 1386) pursuit. 

Line (f) : (1387) that; [1388] the seconds 

Line [K] : [1389] like. 

Line [i] : [1390] on. 

Make a list of [1391] the auxiliary verbs in the Ex- 
ercise ; and [1392] the conjunctions. 

Parse each of the following as contained in the 
Exercise : &T In parsing, give each modifi -ation 
[property or accident}, and the syntax, of each word. 



148 THE regents' questions. 

1393. The proper noun. 

1394. The verb in the infinite mood. 

1395. The verb in the potential mood. 

1396. The verb in line [/]. 

1397. Children, line [A]. 

1398. What is the principal [or leading'] clause [or 
proposition] of the last sentence of the Exercise ; and 
[1399] what the subordinate clause ? 

1400. Parse both, [line g]. 



148 THE regents' questions. 

1393. The proper noun. 

1394. The verb in the infinite mood. 

1395. The verb in the potential mood. 

1396. The verb in line [/]. 

1397. Children, line [A]. 

1398. What is the principal [or leading^ clause [or 
proposition"] of the last sentence of the Exercise ; and 
[1399] what the subordinate clause ? 

1400. Parse both, [line g\. 



THE 

REGENTS' QUESTIONS, 

1866-1876. 



SPELLING. 



To tlie Teaefiei*. 

(1) At the Fourth Examination, this paragraph was 
prefixed : 

1. Let the Principal distinctly read, one by one, 
each of the following sentences, and then properly 
pronounce each italicised word with its prefixed num- 
ber, allowing the pupil sufficient time to write the 
same before pronouncing the next. 
• At the Fifth Examination, this paragraph read: 

[Each italicised word in the following sentences is 
to be written by each pupil. Let the principal read 
the sentence, and then distinctly and properly pro- 



150 THE KEGENTS* QUESTIONS. 



nounce each italicised word (with its prefixed number) 
allowing sufficient time for writing it before the next 
word is pronounced. ] 

It has since been continued without material 

change. 

(2) At the Fourth Examination, this paragraph was 
also prefixed: 

2 Any mode of spelling approved by either Web- 
ster or Worcester may be accepted as correct : 

This was continued until the Twenty-first Examina- 
tion, after which it was dropped 

(3) At the Twelfth Examination, this paragraph 

was prefixed with the others : 

Let the number of errors of each pupil of the 
entire class be ascertained and endorsed on his paper, 
and the same proportion of them as of the other pa- 
pers be sent to the Regents. 

At the Twelfth Examination the last clause read : 

And send all those in which at least eighty words are 
rightly spelled to the office of the Regents. 

The paragraph was dropped for a time, but ap- 
peared at the Eighteenth Examination in this form: 

Papers containing more than fifteen mis-spelled 
words must be rejected. 

It so remained till the Twenty-first Examination, 
after which it disappeared. 

(4) At the Sixth Examination this paragraph was 

inserted after the first : 

Direct the pupils to place capital letters at the be- 
ginning of proper names only, and to use the 
apostrophe correctly with the possessive case, and 
when letters are omitted for the sake of the metre. 

It appeared next at the Thirteenth a id Fifteenth 

Examinations, in the following form : 



THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 1">1 



Direct the scholars to begin each proper name loith 
capitals, and all other words with small letters. 

After a time, it was again inserted at the Twenty- 
fourth Examination, reading as follows : 

Direct the scholars to begin each proper name with 
a capital letter, and to use the apostrophe with each 
word in the possessive case. 

At the Twenty-fifth and subsequent Examinations, 

it has read thus : 

Direct the scholars to begin each proper name with 
a capital letter, and all others with small letters. 

(5) The paragraphs intended to secure honesty have 

not varied essentially from those given with the 

other papers. See pp. 1, 2 ; 57, 58 ; 93, 94. 



152 THE regents' questions. 

(i, 3,) SPELLING. 

First Regents' Examination, Nov. 7, I860. 
(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

1. The (1) lesson will (2) begin at the (3) beginning of 
the (4) treatise. 

2. (5) Sets of (6) apparatus are (7) necessary for the 
(8) illustration of the (9) physical (10) sciences. 

3. On the (11) eighth of (12) February, a (13) Con- 
necticut (11) peddler (15) wearing a (16) mJ! of (17) 
<?/'«# (18) clothing, (19) (ft'spfo^rf his (20) icrtmunan^l) 
■avenue of (22) Cincinnati. 

4. The (23) £>frm<? of the (24) horizon is (25) ho?izon- 
ial. 

5. (26) Joseph's (27) brethren sold him to the (28) 
Ishmaelites. 

6. The (29) w*& is a (30) s^wfoZ of strength : the 
vine, of (31) dependence : the (32) cypress, of (33) sor- 
row : the elm of (34) elegance : the (35) fir, of (36) 
symmetry ; and, as an evergreen, of (37) immoi'tality . 

7. (38) Fur is warm but costly (39) apparel. 

8. The (40) Missouri river empties into the (41) 
Mississippi. 

9. Strike the loud (42) cymbal. 

1 0. The (43) Judge of the Supreme Court (41) affirmed 
the (45) judgment of the lower (46) tribunal. 

11. (47) Ladies and (48) gentlemen, the (49) programme 
will open with a (50) quartette and (51) chorus. 

12. A (52) council of war was called, atd the general 
(53) counseled with the (54) colonels and (55) civilians 
present. 

13. "He looked and saw a (56) spacious (57) plain, 

whereon 
Were tents of various (58) 7mg ; by some were 

(59) hei'ds 
Of (60) cattle (61) grazing ; others whence the 

sound 
Of (62) instruments that made (63) melodious 

{Q>±) chime." 

14. Hiram had (65) hewers of wood. 
1."). None are {C}6) too young to (67) try. 



THE KEGENTS* QUESTIONS. 153 

16. (67) Matthew (68) tries to learn. 

17. The (69) czar (70) supported his (71) pretension*. 

18. (72) Scholar, (73) soldier, (74) surgeon, (75) &??•- 
#607i£, (76) sheriff and (77) sovereign, all begin with .s. 

19. (78) Binghamtou is in (79) Broome county : (80) 
Syracuse is in (81) Onondaga. 

20. (82) Reading, (83) Sjyelling, (84) Writing, (85) 
Arithmetic, (80) Grammar, and (87) Geography are 
very important branches of (88) education. 

21. James and (89) £w>0 other boys were (90) £//m\ 

22. The (91) schooner was lost at (92) sea, (93) o/f Cape 
(94) &£. ifotfw. 

23. (95) TM/* eyes (96) s<?e clearly. 

24. "From (97) «cffl?« like these old Scotia's (98) 
grandeur springs." 

25. (99) " Vanity of (100) yrtm'feVs'saith the Preacher.'* 

(II, 7.) SPELLING. 

Second Regents'' Examination, Feb. 28, 1867. 
(11:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

1. The (\) principal of the (2) teachers' (3) instituU 
(4) lectured on (5) physiology and (6) astronomy. 

2. The (7) legislature is in (8) sfssw/ at the (9) a»p&- 
fc?2 in the (10) c% of (11) Albany. 

3. (12) Scholars should become (13) versed in the 
(14) principles of (15) science, and should (1G) practice 
those of (17) morality. 

4. A(18)#<?0ww5tfnc£&Z(19) series {20) progresses by a 
(21) common (22) multiplier. 

5. (23) Raleigh is the (24) copfctaZ of (25) i\fo?*$ Cfar- 
tffoVza; (20) Nashville of (27) Tennessee; (28) ^tfto// 
ifo^#e of (29) Louisiana; and (30) Ottawa of (31) Cten- 

6. In 1785, (32) Massachusetts (33) through her (34) 
delegates in (35) Congress (36) executed a deed of (37) 
«'o;t to, the general (38) government and (39) ?W/«- 
quished her claim to western (40) territory. 

7. The {4:1) gladiators (42) e^emZ the (43) oraifl of 
the (44) amphitheatre. 



154 THE BEGENTS" QUESTIONS. 

8. White (45) bears (46) inhabit {\T)arctic (AS) regions. 

9. "How oan ye (49) believe which (50) receive (51) 
honor one of (52) another." 

10. (53) Mathematical (54) treatises are much used in 
(55) engineering. 

11. (56) Bread is (57) raised with (58) yeast. 

12. The (59) soldier (60) bared his breast to the (61) 
foeman's (62) view. 

13. A (63) youth (64) bred in (65) idleness may well 
be (66) ^teVd 

14. "But (67) pleasures are like (68) poppies spread ; 

You (69) seize the (70) Jloicer, its (71) bloom is 
phed." 

15. (72) Carthage was (73) razed to its (74) fminda- 
tions. 

16. Large (75) quantities of (76) ^o?/?' are (77) 
shipped at (78) Chicago. 

17. (79) W^fe^ (80) £>77?;g/ upon (81) iceaker (82) am- 
mals. 

18. (88) Lewis's face was (84) pitted with (85) swrs. 

19. (86) Coisar (87) reigned as (88) emperor. 

20. 2E is a (89) diphthong ; eau a (90) triphthong. 

21. {91) Elijah (92) prayed that it might not (93) 
r«m, and there was neither rain nor (94) <fow. 

22. The (95) messenger bears (96) dispatches. 

23. A (97) suitable (98) site was selected. 

24. The Jewish (99) rites and ceremonies were (100) 
manifold. 



(Ill, 11.) SPELLING. 

Third Regents' Examination, June 13, 1867. 
(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

The [1] saddler [2] plies his [3] awl [4] rapidly and 
with [5] pecuniary [6] profit. 

[7] Samson carried away the gates of Gaza by [8] 
night. 

[9] Cam [10] sfew Abel. 



Noah's [li; 



ark and its contents were the [12] sole 



relics of the [13] antedilvrian world. 



THE regents' questions. 155 

The [14] valiant [15] knight [10] ate a portion of 
the [17] prey, and ere the hour of [18] eight [10] blew 
the [20] bugle for his [21] martial band. 

The [22] yeoman [23] assented after much [24] solici- 
tation. 

The [25] beau [26] M€W> the [27] belle would gladly 
[28] receive so [20] brilliant a [80] bouquet. 

[31] Pigeons rarely [32] sow, but sometimes reap 

what has been [33] already sown. 

[34] Cromwell [35] prorogued the long [3G] parlia- 
ment. 

The [37] horse-chestnut tree has a [38] peculiar [30] 
foliage and [40] fcars [41] w;^ [42] beautiful clusters 
of [44] flowers. 

Human pride is a [46] useless rank, [47] repulsive 
[48] thistle in [46] society. 

The [50] constitution contains a [51] guaranty that 
no State shall be deprived of a republican form of 
[52] government. 

[53] Where may the [54] wearied [55] £#<? [56] repose, 
When [57] gazing on the [58] great; 
Whei'e [50] neither [60] guilty glory [61] ^fe?^s, 

Nor [62] despicable state ? 
The [63] Cincinnatus of the West, 
[64] Whom envy dared not hate, 
[65] Bequeathed the name of [66] Washington, 
To make man [67] blush there was but [68] 
one. 
The [60] marshal left his [70] cane at the [71] rfe;wtf 
in [72] Keene, [73] iVWo Hampshire 

Before [74] £/^<? rose, and with thee [75] grew 
A [76>] rainbow of the [77] loveliest [78] Aw, 
Of three [70] fo*qpft£ [80] wfer.s, each divine, 
And fit for that [82] celestial [82] sign : 
One that was of [83] the [84 j sunbeam's [85] dyes ; 
One, the pure [86] depth of Seraph's eyes. 
The [87] three-ply carpet bars a [88] blue [89] figure, 
and the [00] seams are well [01] seiced. 

Only [92] bodies [03] dk; our [04] souls forever 
live. 



156 THE regents' questions. 



[95] All [96] arcs of circles are less than [97] cir- 
c u inferences ; all [98] sines, than diameters. 

The pillar [99] seems to have been [100] hewn out of 
a single block. 



(IV, 14.) SPELLING. 

Fourth Regents' Examination, Nov. 7, 1867. 

(11:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

A (1) cord of (2) beech (3) wood (4) outweighs a (5) 
hde of (6) cotton. 

I (7) would (8) untie the (9) knot if I could. 

(10) Tears (tl) steal from the (12) eye when the (13) 
heart (14) foab in (15) sympathy with another's (16) 
grief. 

The (17; auctioneer (18) *i2te a (19) paw* of (20) 
urns, a (21) ^<w£, a (22) mahogany (23) bureau, a (24) 
guitar, a (25) _#rcVce of (26) s£g6£, and a (27) bass-viol to 
the (28) chorister. 

(29) i?eefe are (30) sizara in (31) <fe?\s or rows. 

The (32) defendant (33) owed two (34) guinea*. 

A (35) column of (36) artillery and a (37 battalion of 
(38) cavalry (39) encamped near the (40) &3ac# of the 
(41) sm. 

The (42) advent of the (43) Messiah (4-1) occurred at 
a (45) period of (46) unparalleled (47) tranquillity. 

(48) ££<?«& and other (49) wrats are (50) ewtfm with 
(51) &>•#«£ and (52) vegetables. 

Be thou like a ('"3) ;w or a young (54) hart. 

That (55) vial oi (56) alkali belongs in the (57) 
laboratory. 

The (58) accused man gave (59) /;«// to keep the (60) 
peace. 

(61) Ttffe and (62) win are the (63) ways of (64) 
counterfeiters. 

There are (65) pears and (66) plums in the (67) 
orchard. 

The (68) <Mfe was (69) written by a (7o) pale-faced 
(11) poet. 

(72) Stakes are set for (73) wi^te-; and (74) bounds. 



TELE KEOENTs' QUESTIONS. 157 



The (75) needle (76) points (77) northward; the (78) 
weather-vane (IS) obeys the (80) fickle wind; the (81) 
plumb-line (82) gravitates ; the (83) pendulum (84) vi- 
brates in a (85) perpendicular (SG, plane. 

The (87) committee will (88) meet the (89) comptroller 
to make (90) arrangements for (91) procuring (92) sto- 
Uonery. 

The (93) earnings of the (94) ro«d in (95) February 
last, were (9(5) enormous. 

(97) &?^e the (98) 0«rs, and let the (99) foag be 
(100) rowed ashore. 



(v, 8.) SPELLING. 

Fifth Regents' Examination, Feb. 20, 18(58. 
(11:00 a. m.— 12:00 M.) 

I. The [1] squadron [2] bound for [_3J Marseilles [4] 
unfurled its [5] canvas to the [G] propitious [7] zephyrs. 

II. [8 J Patiently [9] wa# for [10] precious [11] fruit. 

III. The [12] 7&ew [13] council-chamber was [14] 
elegantly [15] finished with [16] wwd of the [17] ^r- 
2m, and the [18] ceiling was [19] beautifully [20] 
frescoed. 

IV. [21] M.me is [22] another name for [23] temple. 

V. [24] Parliament [25] negotiated a [26] torn for 
the [27] perilous [28] enterprise. 

VI. The [29] ordnance stores were [30] carried to 
[31] Lisbon, under the [32] gvidauce of a [33] cavalier. 

VII. The [34] principal [35] /?/« of the [36] cAm- 
we# extended from the [37] cellar. 

VIII. A [38] sfr^p's [39] buoyancy [40] «^te it to 
[41] sustain a [42] car^o of great [43] iceight. 

IX. The [44] prisoner [45] writhed in his [46] d?m- 

X. The [47] attorney was [48] fcw much [49] /a- 
tigued to [50] attend the [51] law- suit. 

XI. The [52J celerity of [53] lightning is [54] almost 
equal to that of light. 

XII. [55] 7?w# [56] knowledge and [57] .W£ it [58] 



158 THE regents' questions. 

XIII. The [50] guests were [60] entertained in a [Gl] 
separate [62] suite of [63] rooms. 

XIV. [64] Secession [65] ordinances were [66] passed 
by [67] <?^r# [68] gulf State. 

XV. Let the [69] dead [70] #wr# [71] their dead. 

XVI. [72] -Rensselaer [73] county [74] touches [75] 

XVII. [76] Orthography and [77] etymology are [78] 
sub-divisions of [79] grammar. 

XVIII. [80] Rhetoric is included in [81] £Wfe?- 

XIX. The [82] canvass resulted in his election by 
the [83] unanimous [84] suffrages of his [85] fellow 
citizens. 

XX. [86] Sealing-wax is red. 

XXI. A [87] berry is a [88] species of [89] /rwzY. 

XXII. [90] Pigeons [91] jtew over the [92] abyss. 

XXIII. A [93] banquet of [94] venison and other 
[95] luxuries was [96] prepared for the [97] garrison. 

XXIV. Few are the [98] privileges and many the 
[99] grievances of [100] penury. 

(vi, 20.) SPELLING. 

Sixth Regents' Examination, June 4, 1868. 

(11:00 a. m.— 12:00 M.) 

I. What [1] various [2] attitudes, and [3] ways 

And [4] tricks, we [5] authors have in [6] 20 rit- 
ing ! 
While [7] some [8] write [9] sitting, some, like 
Bayes, 
[10] Usually stand, while [11] tlteyWe [12] m- 
diting. 
[13] Poete [14] £/^>'<? are, who [15] wear the [16] 
floor out, 
[17] Measuring a [18] ^"ne at [19] every stride; 
While some, like. Henry Stephens, [20] pour out 
[21] Rhymes by the [22] dozen, while they ride. 

— Thomas Moore. 

II. Take the [23] mm of the [24] prey that was [25] 
caught. 



THE regents' questions. 159 



III. In the [26] fourteenth day of this [27] month, 
at [28] even, ye shall [29] keep it in his [30] appointed 
[31J season, [32] according to all the [33] rites of it, 
and according to all the [34] ceremonies thereof. 

IV. [35] Hour after hour he loved to [36] pore 

On [37] Shakespeare's rich and [38] varied [39] 

lore, 
But [40] turned from 1 41] martial [42] scenes 

and [43] light, 
From [44] Falstaff's [45] feast and [46] Percy's 

[47] flight, 
To [48] ponder Jacques's [49] moral [50] strain, 
And [51] raw&s with [52] Hamlet, [53] w&e in 

[54] »am, 
And [55] weep himself to soft [56] repose, 
O'er [57] gentle [58] Desdemona's [59] wws. 

— Sir Walter Scott. 

V. It is the [60] peculiar [61] province of a grand 
[62] jury to [63] indict, as it is of a house of [64] 
representatives to [65] impeach. 

VI. [66] Speak the [67J speech, I [68] pray you, as 
I [69] command you. 

VII. It was the [70] roar of a [71] whole [72] 7*mZ 
of [73] lions. 

VIII. Is there a [74] balance [75] Am? to [76] weigh 
the [77] just [78] amount? 

IX. Ere life's [79] meridian, thus that [80] cfae/ had 

[81] reached 
The [82] ^fr7K?s£ [83] pinnacle of [84] Srt^c^ 

[85] grandeur. 
All that he saw, [86] heard, felt, or [87] cow^ 

[88] conceive, 
Opened [89] new [90] scenes of [91] ?«mto^ [92] 

enterpnse, 
[93] Imposed new. [94] fasfo? for [95] arduous 

[96] contemplation. 

— James Montgomery. 

X. The [97] veins of his [98] forehead were [99] 
swollen through [100] excess of rage. 



160 THE regents' questions. 

(VII, 26.) SPELLING. 

Seventh Regents' 1 Examination, Nov. 12, 1868. 
(11:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

"It is [l] some [2] consolation [3] amidst the [4] 
violence of [5] ambition and the [6] criminal [7] thirst 
of [8] poicer, of [9] which so [10] »mb>i# [11] instances- 
[12] 0CCM7* around us, to find a [13] character [14] 
ichom it is [15] honorable to [16] admire and [17] w*r- 
fo«ras to [18] imitate. A [19] conqueror for the [20] 
freedom of his [21] country ! a [22] legislator for its 
[23] security ! a [24] magistrate for its [25]*Aappmm/ 
His [26] glories were [27] ;*ew [28] sullied by those 
[29] excesses into which the [30] highest [31] qualities 
are apt to [32] degenerate. With the [33] greatest [34 | 
virtues, he was [35] exempt f roni the [36] corresponding 
[37] ©zees. He was a man in whom the [38] elements 
were so [39] mixed, that [40] '■Nature [41] ww^Atf 
have stood up to all the [42] wwid and [43] owned 
him as her [44] tcork.' 1 His fame, [45] bounded [46] 
fa/ [47] ra> [48] country, will [49] te [50] confined to 
no age. The character of [51] General [52] TFosA- 
ington, which his [53] contemporaries [54] reverence 
and [55] admire, will be [56] transmitted to [57] jws- 
fm'ty ; and the [58] memory of his [59] merits and 
[60] achievements, while [61] 'patriotism and virtue are 
held [62] sacred among men, will [63] remain [64] 
undiminished.'''' 

The [65] sw/>i total of the [66] column is [67] eighty. 

[68] ite^ 1 are [69] fa^ [70] creatures, and [71] kb# 
up [72] /w«^ in [73] cells. 

[74] Merchants [75] &«/ and [76] *W£ [77] various 
[78] articles by [79] iceight. 

[80] Scholars [81] *A(raH [82] Awow [83] wArn- [84] 
2M> [85] lessons are, and [80] s£wd!y them [87] faith- 
fully. 

[88] T7ier€ is no time to [89] wait for [90] car- 
riages. 

[91] Medals are [92] oftener [93] «><m by [94] incfci*- 
Zn'tws than by [95] idle [96] people. 

The [97] m<77i of [98] Absalom was [99] wr^[100] 
brief. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 161 



(VIII, 30.) SPELLING 

Eighth Regents' Examination, Feb. 18, 1869. 

(11:00 A. m.— 12:00 m.) 

What has been the [l] nation's art ; [2] w7terein 
has its [3] thought been [4] realized in [5] some form 
of [6] beauty or [7] sublimity ; how [8] spread upon 
'[9] canvas, how [10] chiseled in [11] marble, how [12] 
designed in [13] architecture ; how has it melted in 
[14] music, [15] glowed in [16] poetry, | 17] fascinated 
in [18] eloquence; how has it [19] mimicked life upon 
the stage and [20] marshaled [21] armies upon the 
[22] battle-field; how, in fine, has it [23] developed it- 
self in that [24] infinitude of [25] artistic creations 
that tend to [26] assimilate man to God, and [27] m?'£/i 
to [28] paradise. 

Write the derivatives obtained by addiug mp to the 
following words : [29] censure, [30] unpin, [&\\ con- 
fer, [32] play, [33] d#<? (to color), [34] die (to expire), 
[35] tolerate, [36] control. 

It is the [37] triumph of the [38] genius of man to 
have [39] succeeded, by [40] means of [41] economical 
[42] appliances, in [43] realizing this [44] phenomenon, 
in [45] appearance [46] paradoxical, [47] dearness of 
the raw [48] mnUrial, and [49] cheapness of the [50] 
manufactured [51] irroducts. 

The [52] mountains of [53] Europe form [54] se#- 
mri [55] distinct [56] groups or [57] systems of [58] 
m*# [59] different [60] geological dates. 

On this [61] sulyect the [62] cowri [63] sa^s: It is 
[64] admitted that the [65] defendant has [66] jpwi- 
Z&fctf [67] portions of the [68] tf;?<?nz [69] containing 
the [70] melodious parts of it ; and that in [71] on? of 
his [72] waltzes he has introduced [73] seventeen bars 
in [74] succession, containing the [75] w/<0£- of the 
[76 | original [77] mr, [78] although he [79] «dWs fif- 
teen others. 

The year has [80] tetf» one of [81] mwi [82] swc- 
^6.9.s with the farmer, and will be long [83] remembered 
•for the [84] almost [85] unparalleled [86] smtes of 



162 THE regents' questions. 

dry and warm [87] weather in [88] our [89] usually 
[90] temperate climate. 

Write the derivatives obtained by adding ed to the 
following words : [91] terrify, [92] mat, [93] journey, 
[94] defer, [95] fret, [96] whiz. 

Spell the following proper names : [97] Connecticut,. 
[99] Parguay [100] Mediterranean. 



(ix, 34.) SPELLING. 

Ninth Regents' Examination, June 10, 1869. 

(11:00 a. m.— 12:00 M.) 

'Twas in June's [1] bright and [2] glowing [3] primej. 
The [4] loveliest of the [5] summer time. 
The [6] laurels were [7] owe splendid [8] sheet 
Of [9] crowded [10] blossom [11] everywhere ; 
The [12] Zoc^'s [13] clustered [14] pe«W was [15] 

And the [16] £c/W [17] whitewood made the ]18] air 
[19] Delicious with the [20] fragrance [21] s/^d 
From golden [22] powers [23] all [24] o'er it [25] 
spread 

Alfred B. Street. 

[26] Several [27] very [28] exciting [29[ skirmishes 
were in [30] progress, when a [31] krad s/ww? [33] a£- 
traded the [34] attention even of the [35] belligei ents, 
and then [36] ZAere (37) jSKwraZ on (38) to the (39) 
platform, from a (40) (fow at the side, a long line of 
(41) gentlemen with (42) their hats (43) off, (44) all 
(45) looking behind them, and (46) uttering (47) roci/*- 
erous (48) cheers ; the (49) ca^se (50) whereof was (51) 
sufficiently (52) explained when Sir (53) Matthew Pup- 
ker and the (54) ta>6> (55) 6tf/k?r (56) razJ (57) members 
of (58) parliament came to the (59) front, (60) amidst 
(61) deafening (62) *&??*&, and (63) testified to (64) eotfA 
other in (65) ^mo (66) motions that (67) tf«^ had (68) 
Ti^er (69) sem such a (70) glorious (71) s^? 1 as that, 
in the (72) whole (73) course of their (74) public (75) 
career. 

Charles Diokens. 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 163 

And (76) would the (77) noble (78) duchess (79) deign 
To (80) listen to an old man's strain f 

Sir Walter Scott. 

Asia Minor, in its (82) great (83) physical (84) fea- 
tures, is a (85) miniature (86) representation of (87) 
vlsm. Like the continent, its (88) interior is an ele- 
vated (89) plateau, (90) surrounded by (91) mountain 
ranges of great, though of (92) varying (93) height. 

Amos Dean. 
Three (94) poets in three distant ages born, 
(95) Greece, (96) Italy and England did (97) adorn, 
The first in loftiness of (98) thought (99) surpassed, 
The next in (100) majesty, in both the last. 

John Dryden. 



(x, 40.") SPELLING. 

'Tenth Regents' Examination, Nov. 12, 1869. 
(11:00 A. m.— 12:00 M.) 

The next (1) day, in a (2) pouring (3) rmV*. they 
went (4) through Lake (5) Erie to (6) Cleveland, (7) 
reaching (8) £^r<? in the afternoon, and (9) staying (10) 
fe*# late at (11) n$rA£y and (12) here Harry (13) wrote 
and (14) mailed a (15) little (16) fetffer home. 

Before the French (17) conquest, the (18) governor 
of (19) Algiers was (20) eaM the (21) "Dey of Al- 
giers. " 

(22) Coarse (23) j9&ce* of (24) coal burn well in a 
(25) grate. 

A (26) scholar was (27) jM>ri9^ over his (28) lesson, 
(29) endeavoring to (30) feaww it by (311 rote. 

(32) Several (33) commoners were (34) promoted to 
the (35) peerage (36) during the (37) ragw of the last 
(38) sovereign. 

A (39) £ra% of (40) £>e«^ was (41) ratified after the 
(42) cessation of (43) hostilities. 

(44) #ra»£ (45) /<srtfe were (46) exhibited by the (47) 
competitors for (48) pn'aes in the (49) celebrated games 
of (50) ancient (51) Greece. 

A (52) jtwm* of (53) raws is a (54) necessary part of a 
(55) harness. 



164 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

We (56) hear that the (56) steamboat (58) fare has 
been (59) increased, and that the (60) proposed (61) pier 
will not be (62) built this (63) season. 

O (64) dear ! what a (65) crowd of (66) people I have 
(67) seen at the (68) fair. 

The (69) stars in (70) their (71) cowses (72) fought 
(73) against Sisera. 

A (74) deer's (75) wmi is called (76) venison. 

(77) Pw (78) trees do not (79) flourish in (80) some 
(81) localities. 

A (82) beautiful (83) seme was (84) sketched upon (85) 
canvas not less than (86) eleven (87) /ee£ in (88) height. 

It was (89) mee£ that we (90) should make (91) mwry. 

(92) Leaven is (93) another name for (94) yras£. 

There are (95) a^'te (96) too (97) man?/ poor (98) 
readers and (99) spellers in our (100» schools. 



(xi, 44.) SPELLING. 

Eleventh Regents' Examination, Feb. 17, 1870. 

(11:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

"The (1) value of. (2) written (3) exercises in (4) 
mastering the (5) orthography of the (6) language is (7) 
universally (8) conceded. (9) T$ey are of no less (10) 
importance, (11) considered as a (12) means of (13) 
making the pupil (14) familiar by (15) practice with 
the forms of language, and (16) giving him {11) facility 
in the (18) mechanical part of (19) composition, as well 
as (20^1 a for ding the (21) «e?'# best (22) drotf in (23) 
punctuation, the (24) wse of (25) capitals, etc." 

The five (26'> senses are (27) hearing, (28) seeing. (29) 
smelling, (30) tasting, and (31) feeling. 

Then shall the lame man (32) teop as an (33) #<*?'£, 
and the (34) tongue of the (35) cfamo shall sing. 
* 'A (36) mighty (37) rmto is the land of (38) dreams. 
"With (39) sfeeps that hang in the (40) twilight sky, 
And (41) weltering (42) oceans and (43) trailing 
streams, 
That (44) #fe«m (45) wkv the (46) df/s&y (47) ««£- 
%s(48) to." 



THE regents' questions. 165 

(49) Sulphur is a (50) mineral, but not a (51) metal. 

A (52) solemn (53) group of (54) doomed (55) crimi- 
nals (56) emerged from the (57) gloomy (58) dungeon. 

(59) ^h'e thee, (60) #"M^tf, to the (61) flowery (61) m<?#d 
whither the (63) &ws# (64) bees in (65) swarms (66) re- 

■ SW*t. 

(67) Scholars who (68) flr»% (69) deserve, (70) gener- 
ally (71) receive the (72) w^c? of (73) praise. 

(74) Zhm is the name (75) applied, to a (76) certain 
i (77) sombre (78) eofon 

Mr. (79) Matthews, the (80) delegate from (81) 
Louisiana, being (82) thoroughly (83) wearied by the 

■ (84) fruitless (85) discussion, (86) properly moved the 
(87) previous (88) question. 

(89) Character should be more (90) 7%/^ esteemed 
than (91) icealth. 

"May (92) <?oc7a morn, that in (93) succession 

(94) ^LriWs new (95) mercies ever (96) growing, 
(97) Zraw a strong and deep (98) impression 

Of my (99;-«feW, forever (100) growing." 

(XII, 48.) SPELLING. 

Twelfth Regents' Examination, June 10, 1870. 
(11:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

"It was a (1) descent of (2) r«w« than (3) /</wr (4) 
■thousand (5) /<?<s£ from the (6) summit of (7) £7<ose (8) 
mountains which (9) witnessed the (10) ws&m of (11) 
Balaam and (12) Jfosis, to the (13) plains of Moab, 
the (14) Scripture (15) w,am<s for the (16) eastern side of 
the (17) Joi*dan (18) F«Z% at (19) Je/icho. From the 
(20) ordinary Oil) fcwtf of that (22) table-land was a 
descent of (23) «&>w£ (24) ft/w thousand feet. The 
,(25) course of the (26) Israelites may be (27) £>'«c«d 
with (28) apparent (29) certainty (30) tfew/i a (31) ravine 
which 32) descends from Heshbon to the Jordan, and 
which (33) ftfc'tf (34) retains the name of the (35) ancient 
•,(36) c% which (37) lay at its (39) 7«?«tf. 

The (39) difference (40) between the (41) upp»' and 
(42) lower (43) grounds in (44) mpectf to (45) soaV and 
<46) climate is as (47) great as can be (48) imagined. 



166 THE REGENTS" QUESTIONS. 



In (49) aspect, (50) temperature, aDd (51) products, the 
valley is (52) tropical in (53) character, so that the (54) 
Hebrews (55) passed as if into (56) another (57) Zone. 
In its (58) soutliern (59) extremity (60) where it (61) tfpews 
on the (62) gloomy (63) mist-covered (64) waters of the 
(65) asphaltic (66) fefe, it is not (67) fe&s than (68) twelve 
(69) mfes in (70) width. (71) There, open and level 
on (72) tf^ (73) sfttfes, it (74) forms a (75) s;j«ce on which 
(76) many (77) armies (78) might be (79) encamped. 
The (80) general (81) direction of the valley (82) ftsd/' 
for the (83) s&2% miles between Lake Tiberias and the 
(84) Zte«d (85) /Sea is (86) tolerably (87) straight ; but 
(88) tfeep in its (89) very (90) / ottom, the river (9 1 ) winds 
—it has (92) foe?* (93) said that it (94) wriggles— (95) 
«?<m# like a (96) gigantic (97) serpent, so that the (98) 
length of the valley is not sixty, but two hundred 
miles. The (99) square (100) monotonous range of 
hills that support the eastern highlands rises up on 
that side for nearly a hundred miles." (Gage's 
Studies in Bible Lands.) 



(XIII, 52.) SPELLING. 

Thirteenth Regents' Examination, Nod, 11, 1870. 
(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

" The State of New York, (1) one of the (2) thir- 
teen (3) original (4) states of the (5) American (6) Union, 
is (7) bounded, on the north by (8) Canada, from which 
it is ^9) separated by Lake (10) Ontario and the (11) St. 
Lawrence river ; east by (12) Vermont, (13) Massachu- 
setts, and (14) Connecticut, from the (15) foimer of 
which it is separated by Lake (16) Champlain ; south 
by (17) New Jersey and (18) Pennsylvania ; and west 
by Kew Jersey, a part of Pennsylvania and Lake (19) 
Erie — that lake and the (20) Niagara river (21) sepa- 
rating it from Canada on the (22) western (23) side. 

' From the (24) northern to the (25) southern (26) ex- 
tremity of the state, its (27) length is 311 miles (28) be- 
tween, the (29) fortieth and forty-fifth (30) degrees of 
north (31) latitude, and from east to west, between 
the seventy- first and seventy-ninth degrees of (32) 



THE BEGENTs'. QUESTIONS. 167 



longitude, it (33) extends 412 miles, (34) comprising 
an (35) area of 50,519 (36) square miles, or 32,332,160 
(37) acres, of which (38) somewhat (39) more than 
one- (40) half is under (41) cultivation for (42) agricul- 
tural (43) purposes. 

"Its (44) present (45) population is (46) aio^i (47) 
/owr (48) millions, of whom one-fourth are of (49) for- 
eign (50) WWfc, (51) chiefly from (52) Ireland, (53) #er- 
?»a^, and (54) England 

"It is (55) divided into sixty (56) counties, and about 
nine (57) hundred and fifty (58) &>w»s and (59) cities. 
Its (60) piuncipal cities, in the (61) wrfe/ 1 of (62) their 
population (63) respectively, are (64) New York, 
(65) Brooklyn, (QQ) Buffalo, (67) Albany, (QS) Roches- 
ter, (69) rw#, (70) Syracuse, (71) £7to, (72) Oswego, 
(73) Ponghkeepsie, (74) Auburn, (75) Sclienectady , (76) 
Hudson, and (77) Binghamton. The (78) capital m 
Albany, on the west (79) fawA of the Hudson. 

"The chief (80) mm of the state are the Hudson, 
(81) Mohawk, (82) Delaware, (83) Genesee, Oswego, 
and (84) Susquehanna, with the St. Lawrence on the 
north and the Niagara on the west. It (85) possesses 
a (86) sea-coast from the (87) Atlantic on its (88) south- 
easterly (89) border (90) a&m^ Staten and (91) Long 
Island of 246 miles, a lake-coast of 352 miles, and 
281 miles of (92) navigable rivers. 

Its principal lakes, (93) exclusive of Lakes Erie, 
Ontario and Champlain, are Lakes (94) George on the 
east; (95) Cayuga, (96) Seneca, (97) Canandaigua, (98) 
Crooked and (99) Chautauqua on the west; and 
Skaneateles, (100) Oneida and Otsego in the center 
and south." (Introduction to S. S. Randall's [School] 
History of the State of New York.) 

(XIV, 56.) SPELLING. 

Fourteenth Regents' Examination, Feb. 24, 1871. 
(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

(1) Leaving (2) Boston on the (3) afternoon of (4) Sat- 
urday, the (5) fifth of (6) February, (7) we (8) pro- 
ceeded (9) by (10) another (11) railroad (12) to (13) Wor- 



168 THE regents' questions. 

cester, a (14) pretty (14) Nfw England (16) town, (17) 
where we had (18) arranged to (19) remain (20) under 
the (21) hospitable roof of the (22) Governor of the 
State, (23) until (24) Monday (25) morning. 

(26) 7'tese towns and (27) c#&s of New England, 
(28) »w«ft# of (26) w&«$ (30) would (31) te (32) villages 
in (33) 0£d England, (3i) are &s (S5) favorable (36) *p#s£- 
wd?is of (37) rural America as (38) their (39) people are 
of rural (40* Americans. The (41) well-trimmed (42) 
laicns and (43) <7?w;<! (44) meadows of home are not 
(45) ^6/'e ; and the (46) grass, (47) compared with (48) 
<??«' (49) ornamental (5{)) plots and (51) pastures, is (52) 
nwiA and (53) rough and (54) waTd ; (55) but (56/ de^'- 
«afo (57) slopes of land, (58) gently (59) swelling (60) 
Mte, (61) toooded (62) valleys, and (63 slender (64) 
streams (65) abound ; (66) ewry (67) fe'#fe (68) colony 
of (69) 7<0«ses (70) 7ms its (71) church and (72) school- 
house (73) peeping from (74) among the (75) wMfe (76) 
rw/s and (77) «A«d^ (78) £ra?s ; every house is the (79) 
whitest of the white ; every (80) Venetian (81) 5^'ftd 
the (82) greenest of the green ; every (83) -fine (84) day's 
(85) s% the (86) bluest of the (87) blue. (88) 4# the 
(89) buildings (90) footed as if (91) hey had (92) been 
(93) 8m7£ and (94) painted that (95) morning, and (96) 
co?dd be (97) taken down on Monday with (98) very (99) 
&'#te (100) trouble.. Dickens' American Notes. Chap. 
V. 



(xv, 60.) spelling. 

Fifteenth Regents' Examination, June 9, 1871. 

(11:00 a m.— 12:00 M.) 

(1) Olney, (2) England, 

(3) November 3. 1873. 
"Rev. John (4) Newton. 

(5) Dear (6) J%wd : 

My time is short, and my (7) opportunity not the 
most (8) favm'able. My (9) fetter will (10) consequently 
be short (11) likewise, and perhaps not (12) ^ry Q3)?'/i- 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 169 

telligible I find it no very (14) easy (15) matter to 
bring my mind into that (16) degree of (17) composure 
which is (18) necessary to the (19) arrangement of (20) 
either (21) words or matter. You will (22) naturally 
(23) expect to (24) jwk (25) some (26) account of the 
(27) confusion that I (28) describe. * * * 
On (29) Saturday (30) ntyftft, at (31) <?Wh (32) o'clock,. 
I was (33) alarmed by a (34) cr# of 
fire, (3">), announced by two or three (36) shrill (37) 
screams upon our (38) staircase. Our (39) servants * 
saw it from their (40) windows ; and, in (41) 
appearance, so (42) wear, that they (43) thought our 
house in (44) danger. I (45) immediately (46) rose, 
and (47) putting by the (48) curtain, saw (49) s/^efe of 
fire (50) to^ above the (51) ridge of Mr. (52) Palmer's 
house, (53) opposite to (54) w/rs. The (55) deception 
was such that I had no (56) doubt it had begun with 
him, but (57) soon found that it was rather farther (58) 
off. Having broken out in three (59) different) parts, 
it is (60) supposed to have been (61) maliciously 62) kin- 
died. A (63) tar-barrel mid. a (64) quantity of (65) tal- 
low made a most (GQ) tremendous (67) blaze ; and the 
(68) buildings it had (69) seized upon being all (70) 
thatched, the (71) appearance became every (72) moment 
more (73) formidable. (74) Providentially, the night 
was (75) perfectly (76) c«£m, so calm that (77) candles, 
(78) without (79) lanterns, of which there were (80) m?i 
titudes in the (81) s£mtf, burned as (82) steidily as in 
the house. * * Every man who supposed 
nis (83) dwelling in (84) jeopardy, (85) emptied it as fast 
as he could, and (86) conveyed his (87) movables to the 
house of some (88) neighbor, supposed to be more (89) 
secure. * * (90) George is the (91) prin- 
cipal (92) sufferer. He gave (93) eiyhteen (94) guineas, 
or (95) nearly that sum, to a woman, whom in his (96) 
hurry, he (97) mistook for his wife ; but the supposed 
wife (98) walked off with the (99) money, and he will 
probably never (100) recover it. r ' * * 

Yours, my dear friend, 

\VlLLIA.M Cowper. 



170 THE EEGENTS* QUESTIONS. 

(XVI, 64.) SPELLING. 

Sixteenth Regents' Examination, Nov. 10, 1871. 

(11:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

Value of the Federal Union. — Webster. 

I (1) profess, (2) sir, in nay (3) career (4) hitherto, to 
(5) have (6) kept in (7) view the (8) prospenty and (9) 
honor of the (10) whole (11) country, and the (.12) pre- 
servation of (13) our (14) Federal (15) Union. It is to 
that Union we (16) owe our (1?) safety at (18) 7*ome, and 
our (19) consideration and (20) dignity (21) abroad. To 
that Union we are (22) cfaV/fy (23) indebted for (23) what- 
ever (25) makes us (26) proud of our country. That Uni.m 
we (27) reached (28) o?ift/ by the (29) discipline of our (30) 
virtues in the (31) sei'e?'e (32) school of (33) adversity. It 
had its (34) origin in the (35) necessities of (36) disordered 
(37) finance, (38) prostrate (39) commerce, and (40) ruined 
(41) credit. Under its (42) benign (43) influences (44) Mese 
(45) #>"ea£ (46) interests (47) immediately (48) awoke, as from 
the (49) dead, and (50) sprang (51) /or^ft with (52) newness 
of life. (53) Every (54) ?/ear of its (55) duration has (56) 
teemed with (57) /resA (58) proofs of its (59) utility and its 
(60) blessings ; and (61) although our (62) territory has (63) 
stretched (64) ow£ (65) wider and wider, and our (66) popu- 
lation (67) spread (68) farther and farther, (69) Mey have 
not (70) outrun its (71) protection or its (72; benefits. It 
has (73) 5ee?i to us (74) ad a (75) copious (76) Jountain of 
(77) national, (78) social, (79) personal (80) haj^piness. * 
* I have not (81) accustomed (82) myself to (83) 
#««(/ over the (84) precipice of disunion, to (85) see (86) 
whether, with my short (87) si^^^, I can (88) fathom the 
(89) depM of the (90) a&yss (91) &e?ow; ; nor (92) eo«/cZ I re- 
gard him as a safe (93) counselor in the (94) affairs of this 
(95) government, whose (96) thoughts should be (97) mainly 
bent on (98) considering, not how the Union should be 
best (99) preserved but how tolerable might be the con- 
dition of the people when it shall be broken up and 
(100) destroyed. 



(xvii, 68.) spelling. 
Seventeenth Regents' Examination, Feb. 28, 1872. 

(11:00 a. m.— 12 :00 m.) 

The [1] great [2] object of all [3] knowledge is to enlarge 
and purify the [4] soul, to fill the mind with [5J noble 



THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 171 

_ * 

contemplations, and to furnish a refined [6] pleasure. [7] 
Considering this as the ultimate end of [7] science, no 
branch of it can surely [9] claim [10] precedence of [11] 
astronomy. * * * 

Much, however, as we are [12] indebted to our [13J 
■observations for [14] elevating our [15] conceptions of the 
[1(5] heavenly [17] bodies, they present even to the [18] 
unaided [19] sight [20] scenes of glory, which words are 
[21] too [22] Jeeble to [23] describe. I had [24] occasion, a 
few weeks since, to take the [25] early [26] train from 
[27] Providence to [28] Boston ; and for this [29] purpose 
rose at [30] fioo o'clock in the morning. * * 

It was a mild, [31] serene, midsummer's L32] night, — the 
sky was without a [33] cloud — the winds were [34] whist. 
The moon, then in the last [35] quarter, had just [36] 
risen, and the stars shone with a spectral [37] lustre, but 
[38] little [39] affected by her [40] presence. [41] Jupiter, 
two [42] hours high, was the herald of the day; the 
Pleiades just above the [43] horizon shed [44] their sweet 
[45] influence in the east; Lyra [46] sparkled [47] near the 
Zenith ; Andromeda [48] veiled her newly [49] discovered 
[50] glories * * in the [51] south ; the [52] steady 
[53] pointers far beneath the pole looked meekly up from 
the [54] depths of the north to their [55] sovereign. 

Such was the glorious L56] spectacle as I entered the 
train. As we [57] proceeded, the timid [58] approach of 
[59] twilight became more [60] perceptible ; the [61] intense 
[62] blue of the sky began to [63] soften ; the [64] smaller 
stars, like little [65] children, went first to rest ; the sis- 
ter-beams of the [66] Pleiades soon melted together; but 
the [67] bright [68] constellations of the west and north 
[69] remained unchanged. Steadily the [70] vjondrous 
transfiguration went on. * * The blue sky 

now turned more softly [71] gray; the great watch 
stars shut up their holy eyes ; the east began to 72] 
kindle. Faint [73] streaks of [74] purple soon blushed 
along the sky ; the [75] whole [76] celestial [77] concave was 
filled with the inflowing tides of the morning light, 
which came [78] pouring down from above in one great 
[79] ocean of [80] radiance. * * In a few" [81] 

seconds, the everlasting gates of the morning were [82] 
throvm wide open, and the Lord of day. L83] arrayed in 
glories too [84] severe for the gaze of man, began his 
state. 

I do not [85] wonder at the [86] sviperstition of the [87] 
ancient Magians, who in the morning of the world went 



172 THE REGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

up to the bill tops of Central [88] Asia, and ignorant of 
the [89] true Ood, adored the most glorious work of his 
hand; bnt I am rilled with [90] amazement, when I am- 
told that in this [91] enlightened age, and in the [92] heart 
of the [93] Christian world, [94] there are [95] persons who 
can [96] witness this [97] daily [98] manifestation of the; 
[99] power and wisdom of the [100] Creator, and yet say 
in their hearts, "There is no God." 

Ethvard Everett. 



(XVIII, 72.) SPELLING. 

Eighteenth Regents' 1 Examination, June 7, 1872. 
(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 m.) 
PATIENCE— Spurgeon. 

[1] Patience is [2] better than wisdom ; an [3] ounce of 
patience is worth a pound of [4] brains. All men [5] 
praise patieuce, but few [6] enough can practice it ; it is- 
a [7] medicine which is good for all [8] diseases, and there- 
fore every old woman [9] recommends it ; but it is not 
every garden that grows the [10] herbs to make it with. 
When one's flesh and bones are full of [11] aches and 
[12] pains, it is as [13] natural for us to [14] murmur as 
for a horse to shake his head when the [15] flies [16] tease 
him, or a wheel to [17] rattle when the spoke is loose ; 
but nature should not be the rule with [18] Christians, 
or what is their, [19] religion worth ? If a [20] soldier 
rights no better than a ploughboy, [21] off with his red 
[22] coat. We [23] expect more [24] fruit from an [26] 
apple-tree than from a [26] thorn, and we have a [27] Hght 
to do so. The [28] discirtes of a patient [29] Saviour [30]- 
should be patient [31] themselves. Grin and [32] bear it is 
the [33] old -.fashioned [34] advice, but sing and bear it is 
a [35] great [36] deal better. After all, we get [37] very 
few cuts of the [38] whip [39] considering what bad [40] 
cattle we are , and when we do smart a little, it is [41] 
soon over. Pain past is [42] pleasure, and [43] experience 
comes by it. We [44] ought not to be [45] afraid of going 
down into [46] Egypt, when we know we shall come out 
of it with [47] jewels of silver and gold. 

Impatient [48] people water their [49] miseries, and [50] 
hoe up their [51] comforts ; [52] som^ows are [53] visitors 
that come without [54] invitation, but [55] complaining 
minds send a [56] wagon to bring their [57] troubles home 
in. [58] Many people are born [59] crying, live com- 



THE KEGENT8 QUESTIONS. 173 



plaining and LOO] die [61] disappointed ; they [62] chew the 
[63] Utter pill which they [64] would not even know to 
be bitter if they had the [65] sense to [66] swalow it [67J 
whole in a cup of patience and water. Ibey think every 
other man's [68] burden to be [69] light and their own 
[70] feathers to be [71] heavy as [72] lead ; they are hardly 
done by iD their own [73] opinion ; no one's [74J toes are 
so often [75] trodden on as [76] theirs; the snow falls 
[77] thickest round their [78] door, and the hail [79] rattles 
hardest on their [80] windows ; and yet if the truth were 
[81] known, it is their [82] fancy rather than their fate 
which makes things go so hard with them. A little 
sprig of the herb called [83] content put into the [84] 
poorest [85] soap will make it taste as rich as the Lord 
Mayor's [86] turtle. John [87] Ploughman [88] grows the 
plant in his garden, but the late hard winier [89] nipped 
it [90] terribly, so tliat he cannot [91] afford to give his 
[92] neighbors a slip of it; they bad better [93] follow [94] 
Matthew xxv, 9, and go to those who sell and [95] buy 
for themselves. [96] Grace is a good [97] soil to grow 
it in, but it wants [98] watering from the [99] fountain 
of [100] mercy. 



Nineteenth Regents' Examination,. Nov. 10, 1871. 

(11:00 A. M.— 12:00 M.) 

EXERCISE. 

We, the [1] People of the [2] State of [3] New York, [4J 
grateful to [5] Almighty God lor [6] our [7J freedom, in L8] 
order to [9] secure its [10] blessings, do [11] establish this 
[12] Constitution. 

[1] Article 1. 

[14] Sec. 1. [15] No [16] member of this state [17] shall 
be [18] disfranchised, or [19] deprived of [20] any of the 
[21] rights or [22] privileges secured to any [24] citizens 
[24] thereof, [25] unless by the [26] law of the land, or 
the [27] judgment of his [28] peers. 

Sec. 2. (15) Trial by (SO) jury in (31) all (32) cases 
in (33) ichich it (34) has (35) been (36) heretofore (37) 
ws^d shall (38) remain (39) inviolate (40) forever, but a 
jury trial may be (41) waived by the (42) parties in all 
(43) cm7 cases, in the (44) manner (4 5) prescribed by 
law. 



174 THE regents' questions. 

Sec. 3. The (46) free (47) exercise and (48) enjoy- 
ment of (49) religious (50) profession and (51) worship, 
(52) without (53) discrimination or (54) preference, shall 
forever be (55) allowed in this state to all (56) man- 
kind ; and no (57) person shall be (58) rendered (59) 
incompetent to be a (60) witness on (61) account of his 
(62) opinions on (63) matters of religious (64) belief ; 
but the (6")) liberty of (66) conscience (67) hereby se- 
cured shall not be so (68) construed as to (69) excuse 
(70) ac£s- of (71) licentiousness, or (72) justify (73) ^mc- 
fo'ces (74) inconsistent with the [15) peace or (76) safety 
of this State. 

Sec 4. The privilege of the (77) ?m£ of (78) habeas 
(79) corpus shall not be suspended unless (80) when, 
in cases of (81) rebellion or (82) invasion, the (83)^>w&- 
?W3 safety rnay (84) require its (85) suspension. 

Sec. 5. (86) Excessive (87j o«££ shall not be required, 
nor excessive (88) ,/mes (89) imposed, nor shall (90) 
cr^Z and (91) unusual (92) punishments be (93) m- 
Jlicted, nor shall witnesses be (94) unreasonably (95) 
detained. 

Sec. 6. No person shall be held to (96) answer for 
a (97) capital or (98) otJierwise (99) infamous (100) 
crime. * * * unless on presentment or 
indictment of a grand jury. * * 



(xx, 80.) SPELLING. 

Twentieth Regents' Examination, Feb. 28, 1873. 

(11:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

EXERCISE. 

(1) Once upon a (2) midnight (3) dreary, (4) w>Me I (5) 

pondered, { 6) W£&& and (7) weary, 
Over (8) many a (9) quaint and (10) curious (11) #0/- 

?me of (\2) forgotten (13) fore, — 
While I (14) nodded, (15) nearly (16) napping, (17) 

suddenly (18) £fore came a (19) tapping, 
As of some (20) 0/10 (21) gently (22) rapping, rapping 

at my (23) C/iamber (24) 0*00?'/ 



THE BEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 175 



" 'Tis some (25) visitor," I (26) muttered, "tapping at 
my chamber door, — 

Only this, and (27) nothing more." 
Ah ! (28) distinctly I (29) remember, it was in the (30) 
bleak (31) December, 

And (32) each (33) separate (34) dying (35) ember (36) 
wrought its (37) ghost upon the (38) floor, 

(39) Eagerly I (40) wished the (41) morrwo; (42) vainly 
I had (43) sought to (44) borrow, 

From my (45) books, surcease of (46) sorrow,— sorrow 

for the (47) lost Lenore, — 
For the (48) rare and (49) radiant (50) maiden (51) 

whom the (52) angels name Lenore, — 

(53) Nameless (54) here (55) for evermore. 
(56) ,te£ into the chamber (57) turning, (58) aW my 

(59) soul within me (60) burning, 

(61) Soon (62) again I (63) AmnZ a tapping, (64) some- 
thing (65) ^wtfer than (66) fojfo?v?, 

(67) "Surely" (68) «m<Z I,— "surely that is something 
at my (69) window (70) lattice; 

Let me (71) see then, (72) wAa£ thereat is, and this 
(73) mystery (74) explore,— 

Let my (75) heart be (76) sfc7Z a (77) moment, and this 
mystery explore ; — 

'Tis the (78) wind, and nothing more. " 
Open here I (79) flung the (80) shutter, (81) when, 
with many a (82) flirt and (83) flutter, 

In there (84) stepped a (85) stafc% (86) nw6ft of the 
(87) saintly (88) days of (89) yore. 

Not the (90) least (91) obeisance made he ; not a (92) 
minute (93) stopped or (94) «fa»d he ; 

But with (95) mien of (96) ford or (97) lady, (98) 
perched above my chamber door ; — 

Perched upon a (99) bust of Pallas, (100) just above 
my chamber door, — 

Perched and sat, and nothing more. 



176 THE regents' questions. 

(XXI, 84. ) SPELLING. 

Twenty-first Regents' Examination, June 6, 1873. 

(11:00 a. m.— 12:00 m.) 

EXERCISE. 

(1) When, in the (2) course of (3) human (4) events, 
it (5) becomes (6) necessary for (7) one (8) people to (^9) 
dissolve the (10) political (11) fomds which have (12) 
connected thern with (13) another, and to (14) assume, 
(15) among the (16) powers of the (17) #&;■£/*, the (18) 
separate and (19) e§"&a£ (20; station to which the (21) 
toes of (22) nature and of nature's God (23) entitle 
them, a (24) decent (25) respect to the (26) opinions of 
mankind (27) requires that they (28) should (29) declare 
the causes which (30) £m£W them to the (31) separa- 
tion. 

We hold (32) tf/eas (33) tfratas to be (34) self-evident, 
that all men are (35) created equal ; that they are (36) 
endowed by (37) their (38) Creator with (39) certain 
(40) unalienable (41) rights; that (42) among these are 
life, libery and the (43) pursuit of (44) happiness. 
That to [45] secure these rights, [46] governments are 
[47] instituted among men, [48] deriving their just 
[49] powers from the [50] consent of the [51] governed; 
that whenever any form of government becomes [52] 
destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people 
to [53] alter or to [54] abolish it, and to institute a 
[55] new government, [5(5] laying its [57] foundation 
on such [58] principles, and [59] organising its pow- 
ers in such form, as to them shall [60] seen/ most [61] 
likely to [62] effect their [63] safety and happiness. 
[64] Prudence, [65] indeed, will [66] dictate that gov- 
ernments lottg established, [67] should not be [68] 
changed for [69] ££g%j and [70] transient causes ; and, 
[71] accordingly, all [72] experience hath [73] shown, 
that mankind are more [74] disposed to suffer, while 
[75] mis are [76] mtferable, than to right [77] £Aem- 
aefaes by [78] abolishing the forms to which they are 
[79] accustomed. But when a long [80] train of [81] 
abuses and [82] usurpations, [83] pursuing [84] invar- 



THE REGENTS 1 QUESTIONS. 177 

iably the same [85] object, [86] evinces a [87] design to 
[88] reduce them under [89] absolute [90] despotism, it 
is their right, it is their duty, to [91] throw [92] off 
such government, and to [93] provide new [94] guard* 
for their [95] future [96] security. Such has been 
the [97] patient [98] sufferance of these [99] colonies, 
and such is now the necessity which [100] constrains 
them to alter their former systems of government. 



(xxn, 88.) SPELLING. 
Twenty-second Regents' Examination, Nov. 7, 1873. 
(11:00 A. M— 12:00 M.) 
Exercise — Fable of the Ant and the Grasshopper. 
In the [1] winter [2] season, a [3] commonwealth of 
[4] Ants was [5] busily [6] employed in the [7] man- 
agement and [8] preservation of [9] their [10] corn, 
which [11] they [12] exposed to the [13] air in [14] 
heaps [15] about the [16] avenues of their [17] little 
[18] country [19] habitation. A [20] grasshopper who 
had [21] chanced to [22] outlive the [23] summer, and 
was [24] ready to starve with cold and [25] hunger, 
[26] approached them with [27] #rm£ [28] humility, 
and [29] %^ that [30] £/^ [31] «htc*&Z [32] reftew 
his [33] necessity with [34] one [35] gram of [36] wheat 
or [37] r^e. One oP the Ants [38] askedhim, how he 
had [39] disposed of his time in summer, that he had 
not taken [40] pains and [41] laid in a [42] stock as 
they had [43] done. [44] "Alas, [45] gentlemen,'' 1 
[46] -says he, "I [47] passed away the time [48] mer- 
rily and [49] pleasantly in [50] drinking, [51] singing, 
[52] dancing, and [53] we^er [54] <?/ic« [55] thought of 
winter." ' k If that be the case," [56J replied the ant, 
[57] laughing, [58] *'«$ I have to say, is, that they 
who drink, sing and dance in summer, must starve 
in winter." 

MORAL. 

As summer is the season of the [59] year in which 
the [60] husbandman [61] gathers such \Q2\ fruits as 
may [63] supply his [64] necessities in winter, so [65] 



178 THE EEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

youth and [66J manhood [67] should be [68] chiefly [69] 

occupied in [70J providing such [71] necessaHes as may 

[72] suffice for the [73] craving [74] demands of [75] 

helpless old age. Yet [76] many of [77] £fa>se [78] 

io/wm we call [79] rational [80] creatures live in [81] 

</m£e the [82] opposite [83] w«#, [84] making it their 

"85] business to [86] squander whatever they may have 

87] acquired ; as if the [88] feebleness of age would 

89] need no [90] supplies to [91] support it ; or, at 

92] least, would have them [93] furnished in [94] 

some [95] miraculous [96] manner. 

From this fable we [97] fc«m this [98] lesson, never 
to lose any [99] opportunity of providing against the 
future evils and [100] accidents of life. 



(xxm, 92.) SPELLING. 
Twenty-third Regents' 1 Examination, Feb. 27, 1874. 
(3:15—4:15 p. m.) 
EXEECISE. 

(1) Daniel (2) Webster was (3) great in all the (4) 
elements of his (5) character : great in (6) original (7) 
mental (8) strength ; great in (9) vaHed and vast (10) 
acquirements; great in (11) quick and (12) keen (13) 
perception ; great in (14) subtle, (15) logical (16) ', f's- 
crimination ; great in (17) /wee of (18) thought ; great 
in (19) power of (20) intense and (2\) rigid (22) analysis; 
great in rare and (23) beautiful (24) combination of 
(25) tate?&£ ; great in (26) ability to (27) command his 
powers ; great in (28) ra^e and (29) acnteness of (30) 
vision, for he (31) ww&2 (32) .vee like a (33 ) prophet. 
(34j Hence his (35) decision of character ; his bold, 
(36) manly, (37) independent thought ; his (38) whole, 
(39) sovereignty of mind. 

No man (40) probably ever lived, who could (41) 
calculate, with such (42) mathematical (43) certainty, 
the (44) separate (45) <?#<?cZ of (46) human (4 7) actions, 
or the (48) intricate, (49) combined, and (50) complica- 
ted (51) influence of (52) em'y (53) movement, (54) 



THE KEGENTs' QUESTIONS. 170 



social, (55) political or (56) personal. He could (57) 
define and (5 8) determine the (59) very (60) destiny of 
influence. This is the (61) 7tY^ to the (62) problem of 
of his (63) greatness, an (64) explanation of the (65) 
miracle of his power. We are {GG) proud of his great- 
ness, (67) bemuse it is (68) American, (69) wholly 
American ! The very (70) impulses of his (71) /<m?'£ 
were American. 

The (72) spirit of American (73) institutions had 
(74) infused itself into his life— had (75) become a part 
of his being. He was proud of his (76) country ; 
proud of her (77) commerce ; her art and (78) science ; 
her (79) wealth, (80) resources and labor ; and all in 
turn were proud of him. His (81) patriotism was not 
(82) bounded by the (83) narrow (84) limits of (85) sec- 
tional (86) interest nor (87) hemmed in by state 
lines, nor (88) regulated by local (89) policy. It was 
as (90) broad as his country. He (91) knew a North 
and a (92) South, an East and a West ; but he knew 
them only as one — "One and (93) inseparable! " 

As a (94) forsenic (95) orator, I know of no age 
which can boast his (96) superior. He united the 
boldness and energy of the (97) Grecian, and the (98) 
grandeur and strength of the Roman, to an original 
(99) simplicity which neither Grecian nor Roman (100) 
possessed. 

(XXIV, 98.) SPELLING. 

Twenty-fourth Regents' Examination, June 5, 1874. 

(3:15 — 4:15 p. m.) 

EXERCISE. 

The (1) lesson will (2) begin at the (3) beginming of 
the (4) treatise.— (5) Sets of (6) apparatus are (7) 
necessary for the (8) illustration of the (9) physical (10) 

sciences. On the (11) eighth of (12) February, a (13) 

Connecticut (14) peddler (15) wearing a (16) suit of (17) 
gray (18) clothing. (19) displayed his (20) wares in an 

(21) avenue of (22) Cincinnati. The (22) plane of 

the (24) horizon is (25) horizontal. (26) Jose pit's 



180 THE KEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 

(27) brethren sold hirn to the (28) Ishmaelites. The 

(29) oak is a (30) symbol of strength : the vine, of (31) 
dependence : the (32) cypress, of (33) sorrow : the elm, 
of (34) elegance : the (35) fir, of (36 ) symmetry ; and, 

as an evergreen, of (37) immortality. (38) Fur is 

warm but costly (39) apparel The (40) Missouri 

river empties into the (41) Mississippi. Strike the 

loud (42) cymbal. The (43) judge of the supreme 

court (44) affirmed the (45) judgment of the lower 

(46) tribunal. (47) Ladies and (48) gentlemen, the 

(49) programme will open with a (50) quartette and 

(51) chorus. A (52) council of war was called, and 

the general (53) counseled with the (54) colonels and 
(55) civilians present. 

"He looked and saw a (56) spacious (57) plain whereon 
Were tents of various (58) hue; by some were (59) herds 
Of (60) cattle (61) grazing; others whence the sound 
Of (62) instruments that made (63) melodious (64) chime" 

Hiram had (65) heivers of wood. None are too 

young to (66) try. (67) Matthew (68) tries to leam. 

The (69) Czar (70) supported his (71) pretensions. 

(72) Scholar, (73) soldier, (74) surgeon, (75) ser- 
geant, (76) sheriff and (77) sovereign, all begin with s. 

(78) Binghamton is in (79) Broome county ; (80) 

Syracuse, in (81) Onondaga. (82) Reading, (83) 

Spelling, (84) Writing, (85) Arithmetic, (86) Grammar 
and (87) Gdography are very important branches of 

(88) education. James and (89) ttro other boys 

were (9)) there. The (dl) schooner was lost at (92) 

sea, (93) ojfCape (94) St. Roque. (95) Their eyes 

(96) see clearly. From (97) scenes like these old 

Scotia's f98) grandeur springs. (90) "Vanity of 

(100) vanities, saith the Preacher." 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



181 



(XXV, 103.) SPELLING. 

Twenty -fifth Regents' Examination, Nov. 6, 1874. 
(3:15—4:15 p. m.) 



1 accordance. 

2 aggregate. 

3 although. 

4 angle. 

5 appeal. 
apples. 

7 applicable. 

8 assist. 

9 attack. 

10 average. 

11 belief. 

12 betray. 

13 building. 

14 bureau. 

15 business. 

16 collectible. 

17 committee. 

18 companies. 

19 daylight. 

20 department. 

21 detach. 

22 doctrine. 

23 drilled. 

24 during. 

25 eagerness. 

26 enemy. 

27 engineering. 

28 enthusiasm. 

29 envelop. 

30 equipage. 

31 estimate. 

32 everything. 

33 excellent. 



34 February. 

35 feelings. 

36 following. 

37 fragments. 

38 fruits. 

39 gentrals. 

40 grammar. 

41 gratitude. 

42 handkerchief, 

43 handsome. 

44 happen. 

45 happier. 

46 having. 

47 horizon. 

48 hundred. 

49 hurrying. 

50 immediately. 

51 initial. 

52 insurance. 

53 language. 

54 living. 

55 marble. 

56 militia. 

57 miracles. 

58 mischievous. 

59 money. 

60 mystery. 

61 occupation. 

62 operation. 

63 orchard. 

64 participle. 

65 postage. 

66 practice. 

67 practicing. 



68 praise. 

69 present. 

70 pressing. 

71 procure. 

72 provincial. 

73 quantity. 

74 quotient. 

75 receipt. 

76 receive. 

77 regiment. 

78 resident. 

79 Khode Island. 

80 rousing. 

81 running. 

82 sealed. 

83 sensible. 

84 (services. 

85 shaking. 

86 spies. 

87 stagger. 

88 summit. 

89 surprise. 

90 Switzerland. 

91 symmetry. 
02 taught. 

93 touched. 

94 transposed. 

95 treasure. 

96 trenches. 

97 trying. 

98 warmth. 

99 Wednesday. 
100 Yorkville. 



1.82 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



(XXVI, 108.) SPELLING. 

Twenty-sixth Regents' Examination,, Feb. 26, 1875. 
(3:15— 4:15 p. m.) 



1, ability. 

2 accent 

3 adjective. 

4 affection. 

5 ague. 

6 alkali. 

7 amazement. 

8 answer. 

9 antique. 

10 approval. 

11 balloon. 

12 banquet. 

13 beastly. 

14 blackguard. 

15 boarder. 

16 carcass 

17 cheating. 

18 compass. 

19 deception. 

20 discernment. 

21 dollar. 

22 dreariness. 

23 dungeon. 

24 dwelling. 

25 eagle. 

26 election. 

27 embalm. 

28 emergency. 

29 ensign. 

30 Esquimaux. 

31 Europe. 
3$ exchequer. 
33 eye-salve. 



34 famous. 

35 fashion. 

36 fruitful. 

37 footstool. 

38 furrow. 

39 gauge. 

40 Glasgow. 

41 glue. 

42 guidance. 

43 heathenism. 

44 hemisphere. 

45 honesty. 

46 hyena. 

47 island 

48 Indianapolis. 

49 issue 

50 jubilee. 

51 knapsack. 

52 kitchen. 

53 lancet 

54 laughter. 
o~^ Louisiana. 

56 malicious. 

57 matchless. 

58 middle. 

59 mixture. 

60 Missouri. 

61 nuisance. 

62 nuptial. 

63 oblique. 

64 outside. 

65 patient. 

(](y Pennsylvania. 
67 pompous. 



68 powder. 

69 prejudice 

70 priesthood. 

71 quarrelsome. 

72 quotation. 

73 rebellion. 

74 recitation. 

75 reference 

76 rhinoceroujS. 

77 roughness. 

78 sachel. 

79 saddle. 

80 seasonable. 

81 shawl. 

82 sincere 

83 sovereign. 

84 struggle. 

85 subjection. 

86 synthesis. 

87 talkative. 

88 thistle. 

89 tongue. 

90 tyranny, 

91 umbrella. 

92 unfairness. 

93 utterance. 

94 vault. 

95 watchman. 

96 wrinkle. 

97 wrong. 

98 yearly. 

99 yielding. 
100 zealous. 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



183 



(XXVI, 113.) SPELLING. 

l\oenty-seventh Regents' Examination, June 4, 1875. 
(3:15 p. M.— 4:15 p. M.) 



1 abolish. 


34 fatigue. 


67 motion. 


2 abridge. 


35 feeble. 


68 neighbor. 


3 account. 


36 flight. 


69 noble. 


4 action. 


37 foreign. 


70 numeral. 


5 adjourn. 


38 fruit. 


71 officer. 


6 advice. 


39 gazette. 


72 orphan. 


7 agency. 


40 genius. 


73 oxygen. 


8 alphabet. 


41 grain. 


74 painting, 


9 altar (for sacri 


-42 ground. 


75 passion. 


rice). 


43 guilt. 


76 pigeon. 


10 arouse. 


44 harpoon. 


77 policy. 


11 auction. 


45 heaven. 


78 precious. 


12 ballot. 


46 highness. 


79 priest. 


13 balsam. 


47 hymn (song 


of80 pulley. 


14 beauty. 


praise). 


81 questiorj. 


15 bilious. 


48 idle (doing 


82 quill. 


16 biscuit. 


notbing.) 


83 ransom. 


17 blossom. 


49 idol (an imag 


e).84 receipt. 


18 bugle. 


50 immense. 


85 rogue. 


19 building. 


51 innocent. 


86 Russia. 


20 calico. 


52 January. 


87 sailor. 


21 canvas (coarse 53 journey. 


88 science. 


cloth). 


54 juicy. 


89 security. 


22 carriage. 


55 juvenile. 


90 spelling. 


23 coffee. 


56 kettle. 


91 steam. 


24 conjugate. 


57 knife. 


92 temple. 


25 cream. 


58 language. 


93 thought. 


26 currency. 


59 learning. 


94 training. 


27 defect 


60 luncheon. 


95 utility. 


28 discord. 


61 measure. 


96 valiant. 


29 dishonesty. 


62 meeting. 


97 vowel. 


30 edge. 


63 merit. 


98 weakness, 


31 equality. 


64 Mississippi. 


99 witty. 


32 essence. 


65 monstrous. 


100 youthful. 


33 excellent. 


66 morocco. 





184 



THE REGENTS QUESTIONS. 



(XXVIII, 118.) SPELLING. 

Twenty-eighth Regents? Examination, Nov. 5, 1875. 
(3:15 P. m.— 4:15 p. m.) 



1 about. 

2 academy. 

3 address. 

4 advance. 

5 afloat. 

6 alcohol. 

7 ancient. 

8 anxious 

9 auger (tool). 

10 autumn. 

11 babble. 

12 beard. 

13 bean. 

14 bear (animal). 

15 bare (not cov- 

ered). 

16 besiege. 

17 bravery. 

18 brilliant. 

19 bugle. 

20 button. 

21 calendar (al- 

manac). 

22 captive. 

23 catalogue. 

24 charcoal. 

25 colonel (offi- 

cer). 

26 comply 

27 court. * 

28 crown. 

29 dairy. 

30 declension. 

31 dialogue. 

32 domain. 



33 dwarf. 

34 eighteen 

35 employ. 

36 equity. 

37 feeble. 

38 flower 

som). 

39 frighten. 

40 glean. 

41 gouge. 

42 guess. 

43 hammer. 

44 health. 

45 Hebrew. 

46 houses. 

47 hyphen. 

48 isthmus. 

49 joint. 

50 judgment. 

51 justice. 

52 knock. 

53 knowledge 

54 languid. 
oh league. 

56 light, 

57 lyceum. 

58 mansion. 

59 marriage. 

60 mercantile. 

61 mighty. 

62 motion. 

63 muslin. 

64 neutral. 

65 numbness 

66 oyster. 



67 paint. 

68 pebble. 

69 perceive. 

70 pitcher. 

71 portrait, 
(bios- !?■ prison. 

73 Prussia. 

74 quinsy. 

75 ransack. 

76 reindeer. 

77 rhetoric. 

78 rye (grain). 

79 saucer. 

80 scholar. 

81 season. 

82 senior. 

83 shears. 

84 sleigh (vehi- 
cle). 

85 soldier. 

86 spoon. 

87 surgeon. 

88 telegraph. 

89 Tennessee. 

90 type. 

91 usher. 

92 useful. 

93 valley. 

94 vestige. 

95 voyage. 

96 warrant. 

97 wheel. 

98 wreck. 

99 youth. 
100 zephyr. 



THE REGENTS S QUESTIONS. 



185 



(XXIX, 133.) SPELLING. 

Twenty- ninth Regents' Examination, Feb. 25, 1876. 



(3:15 p. m. — 4:15 p. m.) 



1 able. 

2 abroad. 

3 absent. 

4 acid. 

5 acquire. 

6 adjunct. 

7 amusement. 

8 appetite. 

9 ascension. 

10 avail. 

11 baggage. 

12 barbarism. 

13 bargain. 

14 between. 

15 bitterness. 

16 bouquet. 

17 buckle. 

18 butchery. 

19 career. 

20 capacity. 

21 chairman. 

22 choir (singers] 

23 clearness. 

24 coach. 

25 cancel. 

26 country. 

27 deceive. 

28 delight. 

29 diplomacy. 

30 distillery. 

31 druggist. 

32 dyspepsia. 

33 edition. 

34 embryo. 



35 entrance. 67 

36 erring. 68 

37 exhibition. 69 

38 factory. 70 

39 fanatical. 71 

40 feature. 72 

41 fiftieth. 73 

42 fountain. 74 

43 genealogy. 75 

44 genuine. 76 

45 glacier. 77 

46 goblet. 78 

47 grateful. 79 

48 greasy. 80 

49 greatness. 81 

50 hailstone. 82 

51 harmonize 83 

52 haughty. 84 

53 hoarseness. 85 

54 increase. 86 

55 insurrection. 87 

56 irregular. 88 

57 Jamaica. 89 

58 journal. 90 

59 knot (of a tree, 91 

or of cords). 92 

60 lamb. 93 

61 latitude. 94 

62 leaven (yeast). 95 

63 lessen (to 96 

make less). 97 

64 lighten. 98 

65 lightning. 99 

66 majesty. 100 



manager. 

mechanic. 

Memphis. 

ministry. 

needful. 

neither. 

neuter. 

ocean. 

opposition. 

overseer. 

painful. 

pasturage. 

pearl. 

pension. 

physician. 

piracy. 

pleasant. 

pretension. 

quince. 

ratio. 

reason. 

ripple. 

sagacity. 

scent (odor.) 

section. 

seraph. 

sheriff. 

Scotch (people 

sparrow. 

twelfth. 

usury. 

vengeance. 

widow. 

wrestling. 



THE 

REGENTS' QUESTIONS, 

1866-1876. 

PENMANSHIP. 



To the Teacher 

Penmanship was added to the Regents' Questions 
at the Twenty-third Examination. Under the printed 
matter to be copied was given this declaration : 

I hereby certify that this copy of the above printed 
matter is a genuine specimen of my hand- writing. 
Signed, 

This has since appeared as follows : 

The above is a genuine specimen of my hand- 
writing. 

Signed, 

This paragraph of directions was also printed : 

tfiP Each scholar who has been examined in all the 
other branches, and who is likely to be reported for 
Regents' Certificate, is to furnish a written copy of the 
rest of the printed matter on this page, properly sub- 
scribed and filed. 

Since the Twenty-fifth examination, tne directions 
have read thus : 

^" This exercise is intended only for scholars ex- 
amined in all the other subjects, and who are likely 
to be reported for Certificates. The Specimen is to 
be forwarded to the Regents, as part of the complete 
set of papers required in the case of each Scholar 
claimed for a Certificate, which the Regents reserve 
the right to withhold on the ground of defective Pen- 
manship. 

&T The Specimen is to be written on a half leaf of 
foolscap, and be subscribed and filed like the papers 
on other subjects. 



THE regents' questions. 187 

(XXIII, 93.) PENMANSHIP. 

Twenty third Regents' Examination, Feb. 27, 1874. 

(4:15—4:30 P. M.) 

" Whence did the wondrous mystic art arise 
Of painting speech, and speaking to the eyes ? 
That we, by tracing magic lines, are taught 
How both to color and embody thought ? " 



(XXIV, 97.) PENMANSHIP. 

Twenty-fourth Regents? Examination, June 5, 1874. 

(9:30—9:45 A. M.) 

Dr. Busley, whose figure was beneath the common 
size, was one day accosted in a public coffee room, by 
an Irish baronet of colossal stature, with, " May I 
pass to my seat, O, Giant ? " 

The Doctor, politely making way, replied " Pass, 
O Pigmy !" " Oh ! sir," said the baronet, " my ex- 
pression alluded to the size of your intellect." "And 
my expression, sir," said the Doctor, " to the size of 
yours." 



(XXV, 98.) PENMANSHIP. 

Twenty-fifth Regents' Examination, Nov. 6, 1874. 

(9:30—9:45 A. M.) 

John Horn Tooke's opinion upon the subject of 
law was admirable. " Law," he said, " ought, to be, 
not a luxury for the rich, but a remedy, to be easily, 
cheapily and speedily obtained by the poor." A per- 
son observed to him, " how excellent are the English 
laws, because they are impartial, and our courts of 
justice are open to all persons without distinction." 
"And so," said Tooke, "is the London Tavern, to 
such as can afford to pay for their entertainment." 



188 THE BEGENTS' QUESTIONS. 



(XXVI, 106.) PENMANSHIP. 

Twenty '-sixth Regents' Examination, Feb. 26, 1875. 

(9:30—9:45 A M.) 
Protecting Vineyards by Artificial Clouds. — 
The experiment has been tried in France of protecting 
vineyards, during critical periods of cold , by f orniing 
artificial clouds that would prevent excessive radia- 
tion from the soil. Vessels containing a heavy oil 
were lighted, and formed a thick black cloud between 
the vines and the sky, which completely answered 
the purpose. The expense was only about forty cents 
an acre. 



(XXVII, 111.) PENMANSHIP. 

Twenty-seventh Regents' Examination, Jane, 4, 1875. 
(9:30—9:45 a. m.) 
" There was a most ingenious architect, who had 
contrived a new method of building houses, by begin- 
ning at the roof, and working downwards to the 
foundation ; which he justified to me by the like 
practice of those two prudent insects, the bee and the 
spider." 

(XXVIII, 113.) PENMANSHIP. 

Twenty -eighth Regents' Examination, Nov. 5, 1875. 

(9:30—9:45 A. m.) 

"We, the People of the State of New York, grate- 
ful to Almighty God for our freedom, in order to 
secure its blessing, do establish this Constitution." 



(XXIX, 121.) PENMANSHIP. 

Twenty-ninth Regents' Examination, Feb. 25, 1876. 

(9:30—9:45 a. m.) 
" Lake Champlain is ninety miles long from north 
to south, with a length of coast on either side of about 
one hundred and twenty-five miles : its southern 
extremity, or head, being at Whitehall, and its north- 
ern, near the boundary line between the United 
Suttes and Canada." 



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